President John F. Kennedy poses with representative cadets of Service Academies, South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.(L-R) President Kennedy; Military Academy at West Point cadet; Naval Academy cadet; Air Force Academy cadet; Coast Guard Academy cadet. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
December 1960
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and President-elect John F. Kennedy stand before reporters before meeting in Oval Office. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1961
President John F. Kennedy smiles before passing through doors at the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: President Kennedy; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent Bob Lilley; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; and Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.(Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1961
Inauguration of John F. Kennedy at East Portico, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Chief Justice Earl Warren administers oath of office to President-elect John F. Kennedy. Looking on: Clerk of the Supreme Court, James R. Browning (holding bible); Vice President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson; Vice President Richard M. Nixon; Former President Harry S. Truman; Former First Lady Bess Truman; President Dwight D. Eisenhower; First Lady Mamie Eisenhower; Jacqueline Kennedy; Lady Bird Johnson; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. United States Marine Band on platform below Inaugural stand. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1961
President John F. Kennedy and party watch from balcony as Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall and wife Erma Lee Udall enter the hall of the National Guard Armory. Party includes Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; and the President's parents Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Inaugural Ball, National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1961
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at the National Guard Armory for President Kennedy's Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn stands in back, between the President and First Lady. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1961
Portrait photo of President John F. Kennedy at his desk in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. This is the first White House photograph made of the President at his desk. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1961
President Kennedy meets with Joint Chiefs of Staff. (L-R) Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; President Kennedy; Chief of Staff of the United States Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke; Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1961
President John F. Kennedy's first press conference. President Kennedy calls for a question during the first press conference by a United States President to be televised live. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1961
President John F. Kennedy and others greet United States Air Force RB-47 pilots recently released from the Soviet Union upon their arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. (L-R) Front row: James Olmstead (father of Captain Olmstead); President Kennedy; Captain Freeman Bruce Olmstead; Gail Olmstead (wife of Captain Olmstead); Mrs. James Olmstead (mother of Captain Olmstead); Captain John McKone; Connie McKone (wife of Captain McKone). Members of the United States Air Force stand back of group. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1961
President John F. Kennedy watches his daughter Caroline as she touches a snowman made for her on the White House driveway, Washington, D.C. Chief Gardener of the White House Robert M. Redmond stands right of the snowman. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger watches from behind Caroline. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1961
Arrival of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and children from Palm Beach, Florida. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy holding John F. Kennedy, Jr. South entrance, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1961
Legislative Leaders Breakfast Meeting in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy looks at Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1961
President John F. Kennedy receives a gift presented by twelve Boy Scouts representing the twelve different regions in the United States, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. The representatives include: George L. Ashley; Allen T. Brisendine; Ronald H. Cowan; William L. Evans; Norman E. Fretwell; Robert M. Neal, Jr.; Richard E. Osher; Richard G. Pingree; James R. Stivers; John C. Sulerud; Arthur L. Tillman, III; John L. Wahgren, Jr. (Only nine of the Scouts are pictured here). (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1961
President John F. Kennedy, with his nephew, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; RFK, Jr., presented his uncle with a salamander. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1961
President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives of the Girl Scouts of America in connection with the forty-ninth anniversary of the Girl Scouts. In foreground (L-R): Sonja Algren of Silver Spring, Maryland; First Vice President of Girl Scouts of America, Georgiana Belknap Edgar of Summit, New Jersey; President Kennedy; Ellen Hooton of Chevy Chase, Maryland. Reporters stand at right, including White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas (wearing leopard print coat); First Lady’s Press Secretary Pamela Turnure (back right) leans against building. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1961
An unidentified representative of the American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
May 1961
President John F. Kennedy’s birthday party celebration at the National Guard Armory. President Kennedy’s birthday cake sits in the foreground. Seated at the head table, L-R: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), John M. Bailey; two unidentified; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; unidentified; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; unidentified; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. The fund-raising dinner was given by the DNC and the Democratic Senatorial and Congressional Campaign Committees. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
July 1963
President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. (Credit: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
October 1962
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1963
President John F. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. (holding his father's hand) walk at left as Caroline Kennedy (right) rides her pony, "Macaroni," on a path at Camp David. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly hidden) walks behind Caroline; White House motion picture photographer, Lieutenant Thomas M. Atkins (standing right of Kennedy family dog, "Charlie"), films in the background; others are unidentified. "Macaroni" is wearing a Moroccan saddle, which was presented as a gift for Caroline by King Hassan II of Morocco during his state visit on 27 March 1963. Frederick County, Maryland. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1961
Reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy descend the Grand Staircase to the Entrance Hall. Behind them (L-R) are Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk (partially hidden); Lady Bird Johnson; Dean Rusk's wife Virginia Rusk; Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1961
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Caroline Kennedy depart the White House for Glen Ora in Middleburg, Virginia. President John F. Kennedy carries his daughter Caroline across a cleared path on the snow-covered South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1961
Ceremony celebrating the Unification of Italy. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy (with a cut above his left eye), walking through doorway; White House Secret Service Agent, Gerald "Jerry" Behn (behind the First Lady); others unidentified. State Department, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1961
President John F. Kennedy sits at desk at the bill signing of the commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Army, Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1961
President John F. Kennedy walks with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan in the West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C. British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home passes through a door in background; Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton looks on. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1961
President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers greet former Washington Senators player James Barton "Mickey" Vernon and Manager of the Chicago White Sox Alfonso Ramon "Al" Lopez at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes General Manager of the Washington Senators Ed Doherty; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez (in foreground); Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul "Red" Fay. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
May 1961
Dinner in honor of Habib Bourguiba, Sr., President of Tunisia. Standing on the Grand Staircase to the Entrance Hall, L-R: President Bourguiba; First Lady of Tunisia, Moufida Bourguiba (formerly Mathilde Lorrain); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy. Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, stands in back. White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
June 1961
President John F. Kennedy en route to the commencement ceremony at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Also included in the photograph are Naval Aide to the President Tazewell T. Shepard and the United States Navy Honor Guard. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
July 1961
President John F. Kennedy (seated in fabric-covered rocking chair) meets with General Douglas MacArthur. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
August 1961
President John F. Kennedy meets Edythe Sprayberry, the one millionth visitor to the White House in 1961, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Sprayberry and her husband, Jack Sprayberry, stand behind their children (L-R) Susan Sprayberry, Tom Sprayberry, and Alice Sprayberry, as they pose with the President. Mrs. Sprayberry holds a photograph of the White House signed by President Kennedy with the inscription, “To the one millionth visitor to the White House during the year 1961 with best wishes John F. Kennedy. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
September 1961
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walk away from a United States Marine Corps helicopter as they arrive at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island. Mrs. Kennedy holds her daughter Caroline as she walks. Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr. walks with the President; Secret Service agent Gerald "Jerry" Behn stands near helicopter. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
September 1961
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sit with their children, John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Caroline Kennedy, on the stairs inside the Auchincloss home at Hammersmith Farm, Newport, Rhode Island. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
November 1961
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. Front Row (L-R): President Truman, former First Lady Bess Truman, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and President John F. Kennedy. Back Row (L-R): Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Daniel, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell T. Shepard. Grand Staircase, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
November 1961
President John F. Kennedy makes a statement regarding nuclear testing. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
December 1961
President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. L-R: unidentified woman; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (facing away); Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; President Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
December 1961
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand next to Christmas tree in the Blue Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1962
President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.'s lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard Mercury-Atlas 6 (also known as Friendship 7) on the first U.S. manned orbital flight. (L-R) Special Counsel to the President Ted Sorensen, Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack (mostly hidden, with his hand on Congressman Albert's shoulder), Congressman Carl Albert of Oklahoma, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Kennedy, and Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (with arms crossed at far right). Family Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1962
President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Protocol officer for the State Department, Clement E. "Clem" Conger, sits in back behind Dean; Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler, sits in back along windows. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1962
President John F. Kennedy sits in the hand-carved rocking chair that was presented as a gift, on behalf of the Dominican people, by Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic Dr. José Bonilla Atiles (left). United Press International (UPI) photographer James K. W. Atherton (standing) and an unidentified photographer take photos in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
June 1962
Showered by confetti, President John F. Kennedy stands in a convertible at the front of the motorcade traveling to Los Pinos, the official residence of the President of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos, following his and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's arrival in Mexico City, Mexico. A large crowd fills the street and adjacent buildings; motorcycle escort precedes the motorcade. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
August 1962
President John F. Kennedy sits at the helm of the United States Coast Guard boat "Manitou" while sailing off the coast of Johns Island, Maine. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1963
Members of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Boston Celtics team visit with President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office during a tour of the White House. (L-R) Edward G. "Buddy" LeRoux, Jr.; John Havlicek (in back); Bob Cousy; K. C. Jones (partially hidden behind Mr. Cousy); Clyde Lovellette (in back); Coach Red Auerbach; Jim Loscutoff (in back); President Kennedy; Sam Jones; Frank Ramsey; Tom Heinsohn; and Tom Sanders. Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers stands at far right. Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1963
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (both at right) stand with their children, Caroline Kennedy (sitting astride her pony, "Macaroni") and John F. Kennedy, Jr., at Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland. "Macaroni" is wearing a Moroccan saddle, which was presented as a gift for Caroline by King Hassan II of Morocco during his state visit on 27 March 1963. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
May 1963
President John F. Kennedy arrives at a surprise party thrown by members of the White House staff in honor of his 46th birthday. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (in doorway, face hidden); President Kennedy; White House Secret Service agents, John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary (partially hidden) and Clint Hill; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Nancy Tuckerman; four unidentified persons. Navy Mess Hall, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
June 1963
President John F. Kennedy visits the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Left to right: unidentified; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); unidentified; President Kennedy; Governor John A. Burns of Hawaii; Representative Spark M. Matsunaga (Hawaii); Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Ron Pontius. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
September 1963
President John F. Kennedy sits with his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., in a rowboat on Bailey’s Beach in Newport, Rhode Island. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
October 1963
President John F. Kennedy walks with his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., along the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1962
President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack sit behind President Kennedy. House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1962
President John F. Kennedy at a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1961
President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers greet a school group from Newton, Massachusetts in the Rose Garden during the group’s visit to the White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
May 1962
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) watches a manned weapons firepower demonstration at the Air Proving Ground Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa County, Florida. Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay, sits at left. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1963
President John F. Kennedy motions with his arm towards the proposed site of his future Presidential Library, along the banks of the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. Standing with President Kennedy at right: Archivist of the United States, Dr. Wayne C. Grover; Administrative Vice President of Harvard University, Lewis Gard Wiggins; Edward B. Hanify, attorney for the firm of Ropes & Gray. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. Harvard University’s Eliot House and Dunster House are visible in the background. Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
May 1963
President John F. Kennedy smoking a cigar in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; a photographer and unidentified men look on. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
December 1961
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy depart Air Force One upon their arrival at Isla Verde International Airport. San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
August 1963
President John F. Kennedy poses with his brothers in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); President Kennedy. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
October 1962
President John F. Kennedy claps while his children Caroline and John, Jr. dance in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
October 1961
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses); Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (center); Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O’Donnell (right); White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (background, behind President Kennedy); others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
January 1963
President John F. Kennedy stands with the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the West Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup, Chief of Staff of the United States Army General Earle G. Wheeler, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Curtis E. LeMay, President Kennedy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1962
President John F. Kennedy (right, in profile) visits Launch Complex 14 with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and his wife Annie Glenn (center, with back to camera), prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn; a crowd of assembled workers looks on. The pad and service tower from which Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
February 1962
President John F. Kennedy and astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John Glenn, Jr. look inside space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, left of Glenn, wearing glasses), Congressman A. Sydney Herlong, Jr. of Florida (in back, right of Senator Kerr), Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien (partially hidden, behind Congressman Herlong), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (partially hidden behind Glenn), Senator George Smathers of Florida (back right), and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (far right, in front of Senator Smathers). (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1961
President John F. Kennedy at the podium, addressing members of the press. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1961
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Edward R. Murrow at Murrow's swearing-in ceremony as Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1963
President John F. Kennedy and his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., play with a toy horse in the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
March 1963
President John F. Kennedy poses with his children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr., in the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
December 1962
President John F. Kennedy celebrates Christmas with family and friends at the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. (L-R): Caroline Kennedy; Gustavo Paredes (son of Mrs. Kennedy's assistant, Providencia "Provi" Paredes); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy holding her nephew Anthony Radziwill; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; President Kennedy; Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland; Princess Lee Radziwill (Mrs. Kennedy’s sister) holding her daughter Anna Christina Radziwill. Also included are two of the Kennedy family dogs, Clipper (front, left) and Charlie (held by Mrs. Kennedy). (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1963
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with their children in front of a private chapel at the residence of Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. in Palm Beach, Florida, following Easter Sunday service. (L-R) Mrs. Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; President Kennedy; and Caroline Kennedy. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1963
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair, gesturing with right arm) visits with his daughter, Caroline Kennedy, during Easter holiday celebrations at the residence rented from Kennedy family friend C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (lighting a cigarette) and an unidentified woman (speaking on telephone) stand in back; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul "Red" Fay and his wife, Anita Marcus Fay, sit on the couch at right. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1963
President John F. Kennedy delivers an address at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Also pictured: British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing. Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
April 1963
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, to attend centennial ceremonies at Boston College. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody (second from right); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts (second from left, back to camera). (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
July 1962
President John F. Kennedy views the Liberty Bell at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In front (L-R): Mayor of Philadelphia, James H. J. Tate; President Kennedy; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Governor of Pennsylvania, David L. Lawrence. White House Secret Service agent, Dick Johnsen, stands in background (over Mayor Tate’s shoulder). (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
June 1963
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Major General Frederick O. Hartel; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Major General James H. Polk; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
July 1963
President John F. Kennedy (center, back turned) watches the launch of Caroline Kennedy’s toy sailboat in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, during Independence Day Weekend. Also pictured (L-R): Caroline Kennedy; Kennedy family friend, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; and Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts (on far right edge of frame, back turned). (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
July 1963
President John F. Kennedy swims with his daughter, Caroline (right), and niece, Maria Shriver (center), near Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
July 1963
President John F. Kennedy sits with his daughter, Caroline (second from right); brother-in-law, Steve Smith (far left); and niece, Maria Shriver (second from left), aboard the presidential yacht, Honey Fitz, during a cruise near Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
July 1963
President John F. Kennedy sits with his daughter, Caroline, on the presidential yacht, Honey Fitz, during a cruise near Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
September 1963
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Evening News anchor, Walter Cronkite, interviews President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) on the lawn outside Brambletyde house to inaugurate the first half-hour nightly news broadcast. Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
September 1963
President John F. Kennedy sits on the lawn outside Brambletyde house during his interview with Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Evening News anchor, Walter Cronkite, to inaugurate the first half-hour nightly news broadcast. Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
August 1963
President John F. Kennedy sits with his daughter, Caroline Kennedy, aboard the presidential yacht, the “Honey Fitz,” off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
August 1963
President John F. Kennedy (at left, holding hat) greets his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr. (JFK Jr.), upon his arrival at Otis Air Force Base, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Caroline Kennedy (facing away from camera) stands to the right of President Kennedy and John, Jr. All others are unidentified. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
August 1963
John F. Kennedy, Jr. stands next to a pony during Labor Day weekend. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) stands at far left in background. White House Appointment Book identifies location as "Allen farm" in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
August 1963
President John F. Kennedy smokes a cigar and reads the newspaper aboard the Presidential yacht Honey Fitz during Labor Day weekend off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
September 1963
Kennedy family members celebrate Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s birthday at his and Rose Kennedy's home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Front row (L-R): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Back row (L-R): R. Sargent Shriver, Stephen Smith, Sr., Ethel Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith, Rose Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Edward M. Kennedy, Joan Kennedy. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
September 1963
President John F. Kennedy feeds bread to a deer at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
October 1963
President John F. Kennedy plays with his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., in the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
October 1963
President John F. Kennedy walks with his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., along the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, Washington, D.C. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
October 1963
President John F. Kennedy sits in a golf cart with family and friends at the Kennedy family residence, Wexford, in Atoka, Virginia. Left to right: John F. Kennedy, Jr.; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Kennedy family friend, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
November 1963
During a visit aboard the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) watches a demonstration of the firing of a Polaris A-2 missile from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: 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; President Kennedy; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
November 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy descend the stairs from Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
