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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-B
ST13, KN22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-A
ST13, KN22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-11-E
ST13, KN22
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23644
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Joe Paolella, Bob Burke, and Emory Roberts. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-36-62
President John F. Kennedy and Governor of Texas, Price Daniel, sit in the back seat of the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as President Kennedy's motorcade travels through downtown Houston, Texas, en route to Rice University. Seated in car with President Kennedy: (front seat) White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer (driving) and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; (jump seat) Representative Albert Thomas (Texas) and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth. Photographers, including newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. (center left), ride in adjacent car; spectators stand at right.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23796
President John F. Kennedy (right, back to camera) views a mock-up of the interior of a Gemini capsule, during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom (right) laughs with President Kennedy and others. Left to right: Chief of Life Systems Division at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Stanley C. White (partially out of frame); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (back to camera); Major Grissom; President Kennedy; unidentified (in back); Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr. (partially hidden); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23740
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks following his arrival at Houston International Airport, Houston, Texas. Left to right (in foreground): Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel (partially hidden); Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Dave Grant and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The President traveled to Houston as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23734
President John F. Kennedy exits Air Force One upon arrival at Houston International Airport, Houston, Texas. Following behind President Kennedy: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in airplane doorway). The President traveled to Houston as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.