Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-139-16-62
President John F. Kennedy (crouching at patio table) presses a gold telegraph key during the opening ceremony for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) from the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Chief of White House Communications Agency (WHCA), Colonel George J. McNally, stands at left; an unidentified cameraman (on far edge of frame) films at right. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed the telegraph key to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.