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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Dean F. Markham
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Photograph of John F. Kennedy's HMS Resolute desk used in the Oval Office in the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Dean F. Markham
JFKWHSFDFM-044-002-p0052
Photograph of John F. Kennedy's HMS Resolute desk used in the Oval Office in the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Dean F. Markham
JFKWHSFDFM-044-002-p0047
Photograph of John F. Kennedy's rocking chair used in the Oval Office in the White House. The caption below reads: "JFK'S FAMED ROCKER - The chair on which the President sat to entertain many important visitors to his office, photographed as it actually appeared in the White House."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Dean F. Markham
JFKWHSFDFM-044-002-p0033
Photograph of the coconut John F. Kennedy used to send a message following the destruction of PT-109 during World War II. The caption below reads: "MESSAGE OF HOPE - The cocoanut shell, now encased in plastic, which the then Lt. John F. Kennedy used to send back word that he and his fellow-crewmen on PT 109 were safe. It sat on the President's White House desk while he was in office, now it will go into the Kennedy Library."