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JFKWHP-1962-06-27-E
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JFKWHP-KN-C20585
President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio (right), presents to President John F. Kennedy a set of Togolese stamps honoring astronauts John H. Glenn, Jr. and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.3248, “Stamps in Honor of Astronauts Glenn and Shepard”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20584
President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio (right), presents to President John F. Kennedy a set of Togolese stamps honoring astronauts John H. Glenn, Jr. and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.3248, “Stamps in Honor of Astronauts Glenn and Shepard”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20583
President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio (right), presents to President John F. Kennedy a set of Togolese stamps honoring astronauts John H. Glenn, Jr. and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.3248, “Stamps in Honor of Astronauts Glenn and Shepard”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20582
President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio (right), presents to President John F. Kennedy a set of Togolese stamps honoring astronauts John H. Glenn, Jr. and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.3248, “Stamps in Honor of Astronauts Glenn and Shepard”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20726
President John F. Kennedy visits Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Major Clifford W. Simonson of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) stands at left; Major Simonson presented the President with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20725
Major Clifford W. Simonson (left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20677
Major Clifford W. Simonson (wearing white jumpsuit, far left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Crew members (L-R): Major Simonson, Kenneth Haithcoat, SMSgt Chupka, Roger Egert, Sherman Jackson, Gerald Beth, MSgt Reginald Bufkin, TSgt Arnold Kovakka, SSgt Dale Howe, A1C J. W. Hill, and Frank Waters. Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power, stands to right of President Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent, Toby Chandler, stands at far left. Standing in group at right: Major General Joseph J. Preston; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20667
Major Clifford W. Simonson (left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20666
Major Clifford W. Simonson (left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C26344
President John F. Kennedy views a scale model of a Gemini capsule in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.; the model was given to President Kennedy as a Christmas gift from the personnel of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, following the President’s visit to McDonnell’s St. Louis plant on 12 September 1962. Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, stands at right; White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton, stands at left. [See also MO 63.1922a-c, "Scale Model of the Gemini Spacecraft"]
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JFKWHP-KN-C26343
President John F. Kennedy views a scale model of a Gemini capsule in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.; the model was given to President Kennedy as a Christmas gift from the personnel of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, following the President’s visit to McDonnell’s St. Louis plant on 12 September 1962. Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, stands next to the President. [See also MO 63.1922a-c, "Scale Model of the Gemini Spacecraft"]
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JFKWHP-KN-C26342
President John F. Kennedy stands next to a scale model of a Gemini capsule in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.; the model was given to President Kennedy as a Christmas gift from the personnel of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, following the President’s visit to McDonnell’s St. Louis plant on 12 September 1962. Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, stands at left. Visible through doorway at right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; John F. Kennedy, Jr. (sitting on floor). [See also MO 63.1922a-c, "Scale Model of the Gemini Spacecraft"]
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JFKWHP-KN-C22489
President John F. Kennedy receives a gift of an American flag from astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right); Lt. Col. Glenn carried the flag in his space suit during his orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, stands partially out of frame in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22488
President John F. Kennedy receives a gift of an American flag from astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right); Lt. Col. Glenn carried the flag in his space suit during his orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-23791
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Standing in back: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Photographers observe at right. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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JFKWHP-KN-C22490
President John F. Kennedy receives a gift of an American flag from astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right); Lt. Col. Glenn carried the flag in his space suit during his orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, stands in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-23792
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Standing in back: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Photographers, including newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr., and members of the press observe at right. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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JFKWHP-KN-23780
President John F. Kennedy receives a scale model of the Apollo command module from Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (center, at lectern), following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden) stands in back; photographers observe at right. President Kennedy visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"] [Blemishes in center of image are original to the negative.]