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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-11-A
AR20, ST10
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-182-12-62
President John F. Kennedy stands with attendees of the American Automobile Association (AAA) Lifesaving Awards ceremony; five members of the organization’s School Safety Patrol received the award. Front rows (L-R): award recipients John Puhak (of Hazelton, Pennsylvania) and Patricia Miller (of Hereford, Pennsylvania); President of the AAA Traffic Safety Foundation, Judge Clarence E. Bodie (behind); AAA School Traffic Safety Poster contest winner, Carol Mieczynski (of Manville, Rhode Island); Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen (in Washington for a state visit); President Kennedy; award recipients Wesley Haines (of Dayton, Ohio; partially hidden behind the President), Ralph S. “Steve” Brannin (of North Pinellas Park, Florida), and Wayne Brown (of New York, New York). Also pictured: Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Representative Fernand J. St. Germain (Rhode Island); Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Executive Vice President of AAA, Russell Singer; White House Secret Service agent, Dave Grant. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers; please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]