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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-08-A
AR38, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-28-A
AR19, ST09, KN15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-28-E
AR27, ST14, KN23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-06-E
AR30, ST17
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29411
President John F. Kennedy (center left, at microphone) delivers remarks in the Rose Garden before presenting the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal to members of the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest. Expedition Leader, Norman Dyhrenfurth, and National Geographic Society President, Melville B. Grosvenor, stand right of President Kennedy. Members of the team (standing behind the President) include: William Siri; Daniel Doody; Dave Dingman; Barry Corbet; Barry Bishop; Allen Auten; Maynard Miller; James Lester; Lute Jerstad; Tom Hornbein; Dick Pownall; and Richard Emerson. Those pictured in the crowd include National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Ambassador of Nepal, Matrika Prasad Koirala; Ambassador of India, B. K. Nehru; and Vice-President for Research and Exploration at the National Geographic Society, Leonard Carmichael. White House Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29410
View of ceremony for the presentation of the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal to the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest. President of the National Geographic Society, Melville B. Grosvenor (center, at the microphone), addresses attendees; President John F. Kennedy stands left of Grosvenor. Standing behind the President (lower edge of frame), left to right: William Siri; Daniel Doody; Dave Dingman; Barry Corbet; Barry Bishop; Allen Auten; Expedition Leader, Norman Dyhrenfurth; and unidentified. Those pictured in the crowd include: National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Ambassador of Nepal, Matrika Prasad Koirala; Ambassador of India, B. K. Nehru; and Vice-President for Research and Exploration at the National Geographic Society, Leonard Carmichael. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6641-B
Following the presentation of the Robert J. Collier Trophy to Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr. Seated (L-R): President of the National Aeronautic Association Jacqueline Cochran, Vice Admiral Raborn, Mildred T. Raborn, and President John F. Kennedy (sitting in rocking chair). Standing in the center (L-R): Secretary of the Navy John Connally (behind General Twining), Chairman of the Collier Trophy Committee General Nathan F. Twining (wearing a dark suit), Vice Chief of Naval Operations Vice Admiral James S. Russell (behind General Twining), an unidentified man, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby, an unidentified woman, and Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri). News reporters are in the background, including White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas (far left, holding a note pad and pencil). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6641-A
Following the presentation of the Robert J. Collier Trophy to Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr. Seated (L-R): President of the National Aeronautic Association Jacqueline Cochran, Vice Admiral Raborn, Mildred T. Raborn (hidden), and President John F. Kennedy (sitting in rocking chair). Standing: in the center and wearing a dark suit is Chairman of the Collier Trophy Committee General Nathan F. Twining, third from the right is Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby, second from the right is New York Times photographer George Tames (holding camera in front of face), and Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri) is on the far right. News reporters are in the background, including White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas (far left, holding a note pad and pencil). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-143-9-62
Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan (in Washington for a state visit), delivers remarks during a program at the White House to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor; visitors include descendants of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Left to right (in foreground): Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown); unidentified; Prime Minister Macmillan; President John F. Kennedy; Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick; President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr.; and unidentified. Also pictured (standing in Colonnade): White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson, and White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-143-3-62
President John F. Kennedy stands with President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. (center, behind microphones), during a program at the White House to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor; visitors include descendants of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown), stands in front and to the right of President Kennedy, holding camera; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas, and White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (both in background), stand in the Colonnade. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (bottom right); White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joseph W. Culbreth (bottom right, wearing headphones); and Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blurriness in image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-143-1-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. (center, behind microphones), during a program at the White House to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor; visitors include descendants of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown), stands in front and to the right of President Kennedy, holding camera; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas, and White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (both in background), stand in the Colonnade. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (bottom right); White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joseph W. Culbreth (bottom right, wearing headphones); and Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7626-C
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Left to right: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Master of Ceremonies, Adlai Stevenson; President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also pictured (in background): White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7508-G
President John F. Kennedy (center left, partially hidden in crowd) visits with guests in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., following the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker. Those pictured include: Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Under Secretary of the Army, Stephen Ailes; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; General Decker; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; General Maxwell D. Taylor; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21279
President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, attend a program at the White House to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor; visitors include descendants of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Left to right: Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown); unidentified; Prime Minister Macmillan; President Kennedy; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas (in back, partially hidden); Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick; unidentified (obscured by microphones); and President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21277
President John F. Kennedy laughs with President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr., during a program at the White House to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor; visitors include descendants of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Left to right: President Kennedy; Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick (in back); Mr. Skaggs, Jr.; unidentified; Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown); White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas (in back, partially hidden); and an unidentified reporter. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.