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JFKWHP-ST-C407-9-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: unidentified military officer; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin; and two unidentified sailors. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-ST-C407-8-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) puts on a windbreaker presented as a gift from the crews of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). Left to right (in foreground): Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers of Florida (back to camera); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-ST-C407-6-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) puts on a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) presented as a gift from the crews of both ships. Left to right (in foreground): Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-ST-C407-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) shakes hands with Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance, prior to his departure from the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida; sailors (flanking both sides) salute President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and White House photographer, Chief Robert L. Knudsen. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619).
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JFKWHP-ST-C407-12-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) and others stand on the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin (facing away); Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; President Kennedy; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619).
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JFKWHP-ST-C407-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) walks with Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, toward a United States Marine Corps helicopter prior to his departure from the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida; sailors (flanking both sides) salute President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. The President (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619, presented as a gift from the crews of both ships) sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine.
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JFKWHP-ST-C400-25-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) holds a windbreaker presented as a gift from the crews of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). Standing with President Kennedy are (L-R): Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Physician to the President, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley, stands in the background at far right. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C30571
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C30566
President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) and others stand on the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; unidentified military officer (in back); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619, presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, mostly hidden); Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-ST-C400-18-63
Senator George Smathers of Florida and President John F. Kennedy at Pad B, Complex 37, Cape Canaveral, Florida, where they were briefed on the Saturn rocket.
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JFKWHP-ST-C400-6-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) is briefed by Dr. Wernher Von Braun regarding the Saturn rocket at Pad B, Complex 37, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (L-R) Associate Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator George Smathers of Florida; unidentified (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Administrator of NASA James E. Webb; Dr. Von Braun (partially hidden); Deputy Administrator of NASA Dr. Hugh L. Dryden; Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-59-62
President John F. Kennedy (right) shakes hands with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) upon his arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (facing camera) looks on; Senator George Smathers of Florida (center, partially hidden) stands in the background. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17474
President John F. Kennedy speaks with audience members at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez.
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JFKWHP-AR6985-A
Democratic Congressional leaders speak to reporters. L-R: Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma). Fish Room (conference room), White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C422-11-63
Members of the Kennedy family, officials, and dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy and Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (both mostly hidden), stand at right in foreground; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Sydney Lawford; Joseph P. Kennedy, II; Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Vice President of Liberia, William R. Tolbert, Jr.; President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; King Baudouin of Belgium; President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera; Minister of External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; Prince Georg Valdemar of Denmark; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of France, General Charles Ailleret; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Aram; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; U.S. Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Personal Secretary to President Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln; White House doorman, Preston Bruce; White House Secret Service agents, Paul A. Burns, Walt Coughlin, Toby Chandler, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Clint Hill. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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JFKWHP-ST-A17-4-63
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks after signing the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Looking on (L-R): unidentified photographer (kneeling); unidentified; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Advisor to the President on Disarmament, John McCloy; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), Adrian S. Fisher; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Senator J. William Fulbright (Arkansas); Senator George A. Smathers of Florida (in back); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts (partially hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of California (mostly hidden). Treaty Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22168
President John F. Kennedy meets with delegates from the State of Florida Inter-American Center Authority; President Kennedy viewed plans for a proposed Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center (also known as Interama) in Miami, Florida. Left to right: President of the First National Bank of Miami, Harry Hood Bassett; Vice President for Research at the University of Miami and Chairman of the Authority, Dr. Irving E. Muskat (holding an architectural drawing of Interama); Representative Dante B. Fascell (Florida); attorney, Louis J. Hector (in back, partially hidden); Secretary-Treasurer of the Authority, David W. Walters; President Kennedy (seated); President of the Miami Beach First National Bank, Frank Smathers, Jr. (in back, mostly hidden); Senators Spessard L. Holland and George A. Smathers (both of Florida); Mayor of Miami and Vice Chairman of the Authority, Robert King High (seated). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22167
President John F. Kennedy meets with delegates from the State of Florida Inter-American Center Authority; President Kennedy viewed plans for a proposed Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center (also known as Interama) in Miami, Florida. Left to right: President of the First National Bank of Miami, Harry Hood Bassett; Vice President for Research at the University of Miami and Chairman of the Authority, Dr. Irving E. Muskat (holding an architectural drawing of Interama); attorney, Louis J. Hector; Secretary-Treasurer of the Authority, David W. Walters; President Kennedy (seated); President of the Miami Beach First National Bank, Frank Smathers, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Senator Spessard L. Holland (Florida); Mayor of Miami and Vice Chairman of the Authority, Robert King High (seated); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); two unidentified. Also listed in the President's schedule: assistant to Senator Smathers, Steve Moran; Joseph J. Orr, of Miami, Florida; former Miami city commissioner, B. E. Hearn; attorney, Milton E. Grusmark. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21976
Visit of participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women; President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy step off platform (lower right). Also pictured: Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Chairman of the DNC, John M. Bailey; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21975
Visit of participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women; President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand on platform (lower right). Also pictured: Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Chairman of the DNC, John M. Bailey; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21974
President John F. Kennedy (lower right, on platform) delivers remarks to participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands on platform with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21973
President John F. Kennedy (lower right, on platform) delivers remarks to participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women. Also pictured: Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21972
President John F. Kennedy (lower right, on platform) delivers remarks to participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women. Also pictured: Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21970
President John F. Kennedy (lower right, on platform) delivers remarks to participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women. Also pictured: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21969
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (lower right, on platform) delivers remarks to participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women; President John F. Kennedy stands on platform with Mrs. Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Chairman of the DNC, John M. Bailey; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.