Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23000
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Eskimo and Alaskan Indian electronics trainees in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. In foreground (L-R): Sam Kito, Jr.; Joseph Pungowiyi; Herman Kitka, Jr. (head turned); Percy Ipalook, Jr.; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall; Harry Kito; Senator E. L. “Bob” Bartlett (Alaska); President Kennedy; unidentified; Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska (on edge of frame). Unidentified trainees may include: Peter J. Tocktoo and Gordon Upicksoun. Also pictured: trainee, Morgan Aukongak (far right in background); White House Secret Service agent, Jack Warner. Standing in the back of the audience are Mary Alice Fultz, Mary Louise Fultz, Mary Anne Fultz, and Mary Catherine Fultz, a set of quadruplets who visited the White House to meet President Kennedy. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]