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JFKWHP-ST-143-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (right, at microphones) 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. Standing with President Kennedy are (L-R): Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown); unidentified; President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr.; and Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick (partially hidden). National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands in audience at right; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan, crouches in center (partially hidden). The Executive Office Building is visible in the background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, walk from the Oval Office to the West Wing Lawn of the White House to attend a program commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor; visitors include descendants of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, John J. McNally, and Dave Powers. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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: President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. (back to camera, shaking hands with Prime Minister Macmillan); unidentified (mostly hidden); PM Macmillan; Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick (back to camera); and President Kennedy. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blurriness in image is original to the negative.]
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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: President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. (back to camera, shaking hands with Prime Minister Macmillan); unidentified; PM Macmillan; Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick (back to camera); and President Kennedy. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) 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. Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick (far right), stands behind President Kennedy; Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown), stands in front of the President, partially hidden; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan, crouches in center; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joseph W. Culbreth (wearing headphones), monitors recording equipment in center. The Executive Office Building is visible in the background at right. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) 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. Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown) stands right of President Kennedy, holding camera. Also pictured: White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (in background, left of column), and White House Secret Service agent, Sam Sulliman (center, background). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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): Prime Minister Macmillan; President John F. Kennedy; Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick; and President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) 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: Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick; President Kennedy; President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr.; unidentified; and Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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View of a display case in the East Wing Lobby containing White House Police Pistol Team trophies (left) and models of air- and spacecraft, including planes, helicopters, missiles, and rockets. White House, Washington, D.C.
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View of a display case in the East Wing Lobby containing White House Police Pistol Team trophies (left) and models of air- and spacecraft, including planes, helicopters, missiles, and rockets. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks at the presentation of “E-for-Export” awards to ten companies as part of the Export Expansion Program. Left to right: Congressman William L. Springer (Illinois); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island (mostly hidden behind Congressman O’Brien); award recipient and editor of Steel magazine, Walter Campbell; Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Congressman Wright Patman (Texas); Congressman George P. Miller (California); Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman; President Kennedy; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel (in back); Senator Clair Engle (California). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends the presentation of “E-for-Export” awards to ten companies as part of the Export Expansion Program. Left to right: Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Congressman Wright Patman of Texas; unidentified; Congressman George P. Miller of California (partially hidden); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman; Congressman Leonard Farbstein (New York); President Kennedy; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel (in back, partially hidden); Senator Clair Engle (California); unidentified (in shadow); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); two unidentified men; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for Isbrandtsen Steamship Company, Inc. to the company’s president, Jakob Isbrandtsen. Left to right: award recipient and President of Dan River Mills, Inc., William J. Erwin; Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Mr. Isbrandtsen; Congressman George P. Miller (California); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman (behind Secretary Hodges); Congressman Leonard Farbstein (New York); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for Steel magazine to the magazine’s editor, Walter Campbell. Left to right: Congressman William L. Springer (Illinois); Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island (in back); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Congressman Wright Patman of Texas (behind Senator Young); Mr. Campbell; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; President Kennedy; Congressman Leonard Farbstein (New York); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator Clair Engle (California); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); unidentified (behind Senator Pastore). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for C.G. Hokanson Company, Inc. to the company’s president, Carl G. Hokanson. Left to right: Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Mr. Hokanson; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); two unidentified men. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for McGraw-Hill Book Company to the chairman of the board of McGraw-Hill, Curtis G. Benjamin. Left to right: Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Congressman Wright Patman of Texas (in back); Mr. Benjamin; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman (behind Secretary Hodges); Congressman Leonard Farbstein of New York (in back); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle of California (face obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); two unidentified men. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges, speaks at the presentation of the “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence to ten companies (as part of the Export Expansion Program). Left to right: award recipient and President of Dan River Mills, Inc., William J. Erwin; award recipient and editor of Steel magazine, Walter Campbell; Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Congressman Wright Patman (Texas); Congressman George P. Miller (California); Secretary Hodges (at microphone); Congressman Leonard Farbstein (New York); President John F. Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for Dan River Mills, Inc. to the company’s president, William J. Erwin. Left to right: award recipient and editor of Steel magazine, Walter Campbell; Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Mr. Erwin; Congressman George P. Miller (California); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman (behind Secretary Hodges); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); unidentified. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents a Congressional Gold Medal to poet Robert Frost in the Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts; Representative James A. Burke of Massachusetts; Erma Lee Udall (wife of Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall); President Kennedy; Secretary Udall; Senator A. Willis Robertson of Virginia; Robert Frost; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Representative Carl Albert; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right of flag, partially hidden); Senator Benjamin A. Smith of Massachusetts (back, partially hidden); Senator Winston L. Prouty of Vermont; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative Brent Spence of Kentucky.
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President John F. Kennedy presents a Congressional Gold Medal to poet Robert Frost in the Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative James A. Burke of Massachusetts; Erma Lee Udall (wife of Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall); Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts; President Kennedy; Secretary Udall; Senator A. Willis Robertson of Virginia (partially hidden); Robert Frost; Senator George Aiken of Vermont.
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President John F. Kennedy presents a Congressional Gold Medal to poet Robert Frost in the Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts; Representative James A. Burke of Massachusetts; Erma Lee Udall (wife of Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall); President Kennedy; Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts; Robert Frost; Secretary Udall (mostly hidden behind Frost); Senator A. Willis Robertson of Virginia; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind Senator Aiken); Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma.
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Representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of 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.
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Press photographers and representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of 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. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Photographer, Chief Robert L. Knudsen; White House Secret Service agent, Win Lawson.
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Press photographers and representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as 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.