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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-05-C
ST25, KN36
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-15-63
President John F. Kennedy (right foreground, wearing sunglasses) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at left; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits in center.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-7-63
President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) looks through binoculars at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President Kennedy visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits at left; the Pershing missile is visible in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-6-63
President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) and others view missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Left to right: Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (bottom left); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (far left, wearing safari hat); Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; President Kennedy; US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (center, with back to camera); Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (right, wearing glasses). The Pershing missile is visible in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-21-63
President John F. Kennedy (second from left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits left of President Kennedy. A briefing officer stands at lectern in center; a Little John missile is visible at left. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-9-63
Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin (at microphones), delivers remarks upon the arrival of President John F. Kennedy, who visited the missile range to view demonstrations; President Kennedy stands behind General Thorlin on podium stairs. Standing in background, left to right: Martha Morelock Thorlin; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Representative Thomas G. Morris of New Mexico (visible over the President's shoulder); Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles; Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. A United States Marine Corps helicopter is visible in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-5-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) gestures towards missile demonstrations from his seat in the reviewing stand at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin (also gesturing towards the demonstrations) sits beside President Kennedy. Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico) looks through binoculars at far right.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29087
Spectators sit in a reviewing stand during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits at center under awning. A United States Army Honest John rocket is visible in the background. Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Senator Edwin L. Mechem (New Mexico); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Blemishes at top of image are original to the negative.]