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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-26-A
AR17, ST08, KN12
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20297
Drawing the route of his orbital flight, Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right) signs the American Geographical Society's (AGS) Fliers' and Explorers' Globe in the Oval Office of the White House at a reception in his honor. President John F. Kennedy (far left), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back), AGS Director Charles B. Hitchcock (in profile, wearing glasses), and several children, including President Kennedy's nephew Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (in foreground, second from left), look on from left. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20296
Drawing the route of his orbital flight, Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right) signs the American Geographical Society's (AGS) Fliers' and Explorers' Globe in the Oval Office of the White House at a reception in his honor. Looking on (L-R): President John F. Kennedy's nephew Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (back to camera), AGS Director Charles B. Hitchcock, and unidentified child (back to camera).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-78-5-62
Drawing the route of his orbital flight, Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right) signs the American Geographical Society's (AGS) Fliers' and Explorers' Globe in the Oval Office of the White House at a reception in his honor. President John F. Kennedy (far left), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back), AGS Director Charles B. Hitchcock (in profile, wearing glasses), White House butler John W. Ficklin (behind Mr. Hitchcock), and several children, including President Kennedy's nephew Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (in foreground, first from left), look on from left. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-78-4-62
The American Geographical Society's Fliers' and Explorers' Globe, showing signatures and routes of famous explorers, including astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (his signature is visible at center of globe). Lieutenant Colonel Glenn signed the globe earlier in the day at a White House reception in his honor. Washington, D.C.