Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C40-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) stands on the steps outside Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, with crew members of the yachts competing in the 1962 America’s Cup race, during a reception in their honor. Those standing in foreground include (L-R): owner of the Australian yacht, “Gretel”, Sir Frank Packer; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Patricia Ryan Mosbacher (behind Mrs. Kennedy); Catherine Schroeder Mercer; captain of “Gretel”, Alexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock (behind Mrs. Mercer); President Kennedy; captain of the American yacht, “Weatherly”, Emil “Bus” Mosbacher, Jr. (behind the President); and owner of the “Weatherly”, Henry D. Mercer. All others are unidentified.