Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-139-10-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Robert Bright, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), 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. White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill (wearing sunglasses), stands in background at right. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed a gold telegraph key (on patio table at bottom right) to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.