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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-24-A
AR21, ST10
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-092-001
This scrapbook is a self-published work that documents John F. Kennedy’s political career from the perspective of the volume’s creator, 1960 presidential campaign volunteer, founder of the Allen Dental Medical Corporation, and Kennedy family friend, Frank Allen Orofino (known professionally as Frank Allen). A limited number of copies of the scrapbook were made for President Kennedy’s family, friends, and associates; the full list of recipients is included at the end of the scrapbook. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front free endpaper reads, “Dedicated in gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who shared with this country and the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy." The handwritten inscription in black ink below the typed inscription reads, "In friendship to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Frank Allen Orofino / Vol I / '68." A typed preface written by Orofino is also included. The scrapbook contains materials related to President Kennedy’s United States Senate career, his 1960 presidential campaign, and his presidency. It contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and members of the Kennedy family, including Senator (later President) John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford; Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy; and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. It also contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and various associates of the President and First Lady, including the President’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher; campaign aide and later Special Assistant to the President, Lawrence “Larry” O'Brien; White House housekeeper Anne Lincoln; White House Secret Service agent, John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary; Governor of Florida, Farris Bryant; Boston Secret Service agent, Frank V. McDermott; and Kennedy family financial advisor, Thomas J. Walsh. Photographs are accompanied by facsimiles of Orofino’s handwritten captions and notations. Those pictured in photographs include President and Mrs. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia; Bob; Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen E. Smith; Ted; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; campaign aide and later White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and Nancy Joy Salinger; entertainer Frank Sinatra; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman; Mary and Ray Gallagher and their children, Christopher and Gregory Gallagher; Larry O’Brien; secretary to then-Senator Kennedy and later Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; presidential campaign manager and later special assistant to President Kennedy, Timothy J. “Ted” Reardon, Jr., and Betty Jane Reardon; John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Evelyn Lincoln; democratic politician and Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. “Jim” Farley, Sr.; democratic politician, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.; Kennedy family friend and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and various campaign and office staff members. Orofino also included photographs of himself and his family. Also pictured are presidential campaign items designed by Orofino, including a tie clip modeled after PT-109. Events pictured include the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.; and the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. This scrapbook contains 115 photographic prints, 45 photocopied letters, five other printed items, and one oil painting reproduction.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-7-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Those seated on platform include: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Representative E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Representative James W. Trimble (Arkansas); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative Howard W. Smith (Virginia); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Matthew H. McCloskey; Representative William L. Dawson (Illinois); Representative Robert E. Cook (Ohio); Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Massachusetts); Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Architect of the Capitol, J. George Stewart; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Chaplain of the House of Representatives, Reverend Bernard Braskamp; Rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, Dr. Norman Gerstenfeld; Assistant Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Washington, Very Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Herrmann; Representative James A. Haley (Florida); Representative Joseph P. Addabbo (New York). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-14-62
President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Those looking on include: Representative Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (Maryland); Representative Roman C. Pucinski of Illinois (face obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Milt Wilhite. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-13-62
President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Representative Roman C. Pucinski of Illinois looks on (behind President Kennedy’s shoulder). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6677-I
President John F. Kennedy observes the wreath-laying ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. Unidentified band at left; Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States José Antonio Mayobre in front of Bolivar monument. At right, front row (L-R): President Kennedy; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; unidentified man. Back row (L-R): Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (hidden behind President Kennedy); Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; unidentified man. Simon Bolivar Monument, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6677-G
President John F. Kennedy delivers address at the wreath-laying ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States José Antonio Mayobre speaks at the lectern; unidentified band at left. Seated (L-R): President Kennedy; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; unidentified man. Simon Bolivar Monument, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6677-D
President John F. Kennedy delivers address at the wreath-laying ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. (L-R) Unidentified band; President Kennedy; Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States José Antonio Mayobre; unidentified man; Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Simon Bolivar Monument, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6677-B
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the wreath-laying ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. (L-R) President Kennedy; Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States José Antonio Mayobre; unidentified man; Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Simon Bolivar Monument, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-230-5-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Massachusetts). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-230-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (left) watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois) stands right of President Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-230-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Representative E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); Representative Clark W. Thompson (Texas); Representative Winfield K. Denton (Indiana); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); White House Secret Service agent, Milt Wilhite. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7266-J
President John F. Kennedy attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Lubert “Bert” de Freese. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF061-005-p0042
Photograph of visitors at President John F. Kennedy's gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery with Washington, D.C. in the background. The photograph accompanies a letter sent to gravesite architect John Carl Warnecke from Lieutenant Colonel Carlyle H. Charles, the project officer for construction of the gravesite.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6677-H
President John F. Kennedy participates in the wreath-laying ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. (L-R): Unidentified band; Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy, with wreath. At right, front row: Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States José Antonio Mayobre; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; unidentified man; Back row: Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Simon Bolivar Monument, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6677-F
President John F. Kennedy delivers address at the wreath-laying ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. President Kennedy; unidentified band (left of monument); Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States José Antonio Mayobre (left) and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (right) seated behind President Kennedy. Simon Bolivar Monument, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6677-E
President John F. Kennedy delivers address at the wreath-laying ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. President Kennedy; unidentified band at left; unidentified man seated behind President Kennedy. Simon Bolivar Monument, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-9-62
President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-8-62
President John F. Kennedy attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); White House Secret Service agent, Milt Wilhite. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-6-62
Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts (at lectern), delivers remarks at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn; President John F. Kennedy sits in center. Also pictured: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; member of the House Office Building Commission, Representative Carl Vinson (Georgia); Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Massachusetts); Architect of the Capitol, J. George Stewart; Rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, Dr. Norman Gerstenfeld; Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-16-62
President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Representative Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., of Maryland looks on (partially hidden behind President Kennedy). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-17-62
President John F. Kennedy (left) attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); member of the House Office Building Commission, Representative Carl Vinson (Georgia); Representative E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Clark W. Thompson (Texas); Representative Winfield K. Denton (Indiana); Representative Homer Thornberry (Texas); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); White House Secret Service agent, Milt Wilhite. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-15-62
President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Representative Roman C. Pucinski of Illinois (face obscured) looks on. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-12-62
President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Others looking on include: Representative Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (Maryland); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-10-62
President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Others looking on include: Architect of the Capitol, J. George Stewart; Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York). Washington, D.C.