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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-24-B
AR41
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-24-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-22-F
ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-29-B
AR19, ST09, KN15
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-092-001
This scrapbook is a self-published work that documents John F. Kennedy’s political career from the perspective of the volume’s creator, 1960 presidential campaign volunteer, founder of the Allen Dental Medical Corporation, and Kennedy family friend, Frank Allen Orofino (known professionally as Frank Allen). A limited number of copies of the scrapbook were made for President Kennedy’s family, friends, and associates; the full list of recipients is included at the end of the scrapbook. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front free endpaper reads, “Dedicated in gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who shared with this country and the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy." The handwritten inscription in black ink below the typed inscription reads, "In friendship to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Frank Allen Orofino / Vol I / '68." A typed preface written by Orofino is also included. The scrapbook contains materials related to President Kennedy’s United States Senate career, his 1960 presidential campaign, and his presidency. It contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and members of the Kennedy family, including Senator (later President) John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford; Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy; and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. It also contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and various associates of the President and First Lady, including the President’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher; campaign aide and later Special Assistant to the President, Lawrence “Larry” O'Brien; White House housekeeper Anne Lincoln; White House Secret Service agent, John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary; Governor of Florida, Farris Bryant; Boston Secret Service agent, Frank V. McDermott; and Kennedy family financial advisor, Thomas J. Walsh. Photographs are accompanied by facsimiles of Orofino’s handwritten captions and notations. Those pictured in photographs include President and Mrs. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia; Bob; Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen E. Smith; Ted; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; campaign aide and later White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and Nancy Joy Salinger; entertainer Frank Sinatra; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman; Mary and Ray Gallagher and their children, Christopher and Gregory Gallagher; Larry O’Brien; secretary to then-Senator Kennedy and later Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; presidential campaign manager and later special assistant to President Kennedy, Timothy J. “Ted” Reardon, Jr., and Betty Jane Reardon; John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Evelyn Lincoln; democratic politician and Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. “Jim” Farley, Sr.; democratic politician, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.; Kennedy family friend and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and various campaign and office staff members. Orofino also included photographs of himself and his family. Also pictured are presidential campaign items designed by Orofino, including a tie clip modeled after PT-109. Events pictured include the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.; and the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. This scrapbook contains 115 photographic prints, 45 photocopied letters, five other printed items, and one oil painting reproduction.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30667
Honor guard pallbearers secure the flag-draped casket of President John F. Kennedy on a horse-drawn caisson, prior to a funeral procession from the White House to the Capitol Building. Those observing from the steps include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Steve Smith; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C. [Spots along right edge of image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30666
Honor guard pallbearers transfer the flag-draped casket of President John F. Kennedy to a horse-drawn caisson, prior to a funeral procession from the White House to the Capitol Building. Those observing from the steps include: Jacqueline Kennedy and her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Steve Smith; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland. Members of the press observe. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C. [Spot along right edge of image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8255-1O
The casket of President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Capitol Building, following a funeral procession from the White House; the flag-draped casket is borne by a horse-drawn caisson with honor guard attending. Jacqueline Kennedy stands at right with her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy. President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson stand behind Mrs. Kennedy. Riderless horse, Black Jack (led by Private First Class Arthur A. Carlson), stands in center. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-F
Swearing in ceremony and reception for Cabinet members and their families, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Newly sworn-in Cabinet members and their families pose with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and wife Margaret McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and wife Ethel Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day and Mary Louise Day; Erma Lee Udall with husband Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges and wife Martha Hodges; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. Children seated in foreground include: Joseph P. Kennedy II (second from left); Tom Udall (third from right); Scott Udall (fourth from right).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-C
Swearing in ceremony and reception for Cabinet members and their families, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Newly sworn-in cabinet members and their families pose with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Photo includes: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and wife Margaret McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and wife Ethel Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day and wife Mary Louise Day; Erma Lee Udall with husband Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Jacqueline Kennedy and President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges and wife Martha Hodges. Children seated in foreground include: Joseph P. Kennedy II (second from left); Tom Udall (third from right); Scott Udall (fourth from right).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19300
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. Seated between the candelabra and facing the camera (L-R): Unidentified man, Ethel Kennedy, Clifton Daniel, former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, Margaret Truman Daniel, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Seated facing away from the camera (L-R): Unidentified woman, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President Truman, and Lady Bird Johnson. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19297
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. Seated between the candelabra and facing the camera (L-R): Unidentified man, Ethel Kennedy, Clifton Daniel, former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, Margaret Truman Daniel, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Seated facing away from the camera (L-R): Unidentified woman, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President Truman, and Lady Bird Johnson. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19046
White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; unidentified color guard officer. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black; Elizabeth Black, wife of Justice Black (mostly hidden behind Vice President Johnson). Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19045
White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; unidentified color guard officer. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-9-61
President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of the lift-off of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard "Freedom 7," on the first US manned sub-orbital flight. L-R: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Navy Admiral Arleigh Burke; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Office of the President’s Secretary, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-251-10A-61
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. President Truman (left) standing with pianist Eugene List (right). Seated, First Row (L-R): Congressman Richard W. Bolling (Missouri), former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and an unidentified woman. Second Row (L-R): Margaret Truman Daniel, an unidentified man and woman, Roberta Vinson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell. Also included in the photograph are Presidential Adviser Clark M. Clifford (to the right of Vice President Johnson’s head) and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (standing in the back). East Room, White House, Washington, D.C
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6833-A
White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black; Elizabeth Black, wife of Justice Black (partially hidden behind Vice President Johnson). Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-98-63
Members of the Kennedy family and others attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Sydney Lawford; Peter Lawford; Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland; Steve Smith; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joan Bennett Kennedy; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Kennedy family friend, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; President Kennedy’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); President Kennedy’s valet, George E. Thomas; White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin and Toby Chandler. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-85-63
Members of the Kennedy family and others attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Jean Kennedy Smith; Sydney Lawford; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Peter Lawford; Joseph P. Kennedy, II; President Lyndon B. Johnson; King Baudouin of Belgium; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); former Social Secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy, Letitia Baldrige; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Paul A. Burns and Toby Chandler. Honor guard pallbearers stands at left, including: Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-83-63
Members of the Kennedy family and others attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly hidden); Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (mostly hidden); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Peter Lawford; Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland; President Lyndon B. Johnson; King Baudouin of Belgium; Prince Gholam-Reza Pahlavi of Iran; President Kennedy’s valet, George E. Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30743
Members of the Kennedy family and others walk in the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Those pictured include: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Jamie Auchincloss; President Lyndon B. Johnson. Mourners and members of the color guard line the North Lawn driveway. White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-8-63
Honor guard pallbearers lead the flag-draped casket of President John F. Kennedy through the Entrance Hall of the White House, prior to a funeral procession to the Capitol Building. Those walking behind the casket include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Jean Kennedy Smith; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Steve Smith; President Lyndon B. Johnson. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-7-63
Honor guard pallbearers lead the flag-draped casket of President John F. Kennedy through Cross Hall of the White House, prior to a funeral procession to the Capitol Building. Those walking behind the casket include: Jacqueline Kennedy and her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Jean Kennedy Smith; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Steve Smith; President Lyndon B. Johnson. Members of the honor guard stand at attention. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-11-63
The late President John F. Kennedy lies in repose in the East Room of the White House; the flag-draped casket of President Kennedy sits at left, prior to a funeral procession to the Capitol Building. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy and her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Jamie Auchincloss; Hugh D. Auchincloss; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Peter Lawford; Nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw; Kennedy family friend, Charles Spalding; Berenice Roth Spalding. Members of the honor guard stand at attention. Washington, D.C.