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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-05-C
ST25, KN36
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-17-63
Sergeant First Class Jimmie Grimes (left) presents Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) with a plaque featuring a model of the Pershing missile system at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) and Vice President Johnson visited the missile range to view demonstrations. Also pictured: Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (left of Vice President Johnson); Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (far right, mostly out of frame).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29102
President John F. Kennedy (center, in shadow) and others view missile demonstrations from a reviewing stand at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Standing behind President Kennedy, left to right (mostly in shadow): 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. Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Representative Ed Foreman (New Mexico); Senator Edwin L. Mechem (New Mexico); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes in top portion of 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-C206-11-63
President John F. Kennedy (descending helicopter stairs) shakes hands with Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance, upon arriving at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, to view missile demonstrations; Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell, descends the stairs behind President Kennedy.
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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.]