Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-347-10-62
President John F. Kennedy, Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (both on speakers' platform at left), and others view explosions (faintly visible in the distance) at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of California (in profile), stands behind President Kennedy; White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley, stands in foreground.