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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-16-G
AR36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-16-F
AR36, ST24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-31-A
AR26
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7917-A
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers a television and radio address to the nation following the successful completion of astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight (also known as Faith 7), as part of the final manned space mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury program. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7917-B
President John F. Kennedy (standing at his desk) speaks on the telephone with astronaut, Major L. Gordon Cooper, following the successful completion of Major Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight, as part of the final manned space mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury program. Major Cooper was aboard the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) after splashdown and recovery of the Mercury capsule (also known as Faith 7) in the Pacific Ocean. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7444-G
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; unidentified (seated); unidentified (standing, partially hidden); Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative Morgan Moulder of Missouri; Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland; Representative J. Arthur Younger of California; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; unidentified; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh; unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7444-E
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Senator Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa (mostly hidden); Secretary of State Dean Rusk (partially hidden); Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; unidentified (seated); unidentified (standing); Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative Morgan Moulder of Missouri (mostly hidden); Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland; Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (partially hidden); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Senator John Sparkman of Alabama (partially hidden); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; unidentified; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7444-C
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; unidentified (seated); Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senator Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa; Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland (front, wearing glasses); Representative Morgan Moulder of Missouri; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; unidentified (partially hidden by Representative Harris); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (mostly hidden behind Senator Magnuson); Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (behind Senator Pastore, turned away from camera); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh; two unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7444-B
President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator John Sparkman of Alabama during a signing ceremony for HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland (front, wearing glasses); Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (mostly hidden behind Representative Friedel); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (hand partially covering face); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Senator Sparkman; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; unidentified (behind Representative Springer); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7444-A
President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland during a signing ceremony for HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (turned away from camera); Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Representative Friedel (front, glasses); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (mostly hidden behind hand); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Senator John Sparkman of Alabama; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; unidentified (partially hidden behind Representative Springer); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.