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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-05-A
AR22, ST11, KN17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-B
ST13, KN22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-A
ST13, KN22
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23689
President John F. Kennedy tours spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; a mock-up of a Gemini paraglider is visible in the background. Left to right: White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (back to camera); Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back); President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (partially hidden); astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in back); Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; (in back, mostly hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Representative George P. Miller of California (in back, partially hidden); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back, mostly hidden); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; unidentified. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23647
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, Dave Grant, Joe Paolella, Bob Burke, and Emory Roberts. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23646
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Dean of Engineering at Rice University, Dr. Franz R. Brotzen; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agent, Joe Paolella. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23644
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Joe Paolella, Bob Burke, and Emory Roberts. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23791
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Standing in back: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Photographers observe at right. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C253-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) visits with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter and Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams, and their families. Seated on couch in foreground (R-L): Lt. Cdr. Carpenter, Candace Noxon Carpenter, Howard L. Williams, Kristen Elaine Carpenter (mostly hidden), and Rene Carpenter. Seated on couch, facing camera (R-L): Dr. Williams, Elizabeth Ann Williams (partially hidden), Helen Manning Williams, Robyn Jay Carpenter, and Marc Scott Carpenter. Charles M. Williams sits behind President Kennedy. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (back to camera), and an unidentified person stand in background at right. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C253-1-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (center left), during Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's visit to the White House following his Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital flight (also known as Aurora 7). Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (left), and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., look on. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22150
Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (right), visits with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (center) and Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams, regarding Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital flight (also known as Aurora 7). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22149
Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (right), visits with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter and Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (left), regarding Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital flight (also known as Aurora 7). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22144
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) visits with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter and Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams, and their families. Seated on couch in foreground (R-L): Lt. Cdr. Carpenter, Candace Noxon Carpenter (hidden), Howard L. Williams, Kristen Elaine Carpenter (hidden), and Rene Carpenter. Seated on couch, facing camera (R-L): Dr. Williams, Elizabeth Ann Williams, Helen Manning Williams, Robyn Jay Carpenter, and Marc Scott Carpenter (mostly hidden). Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stands in background at right. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22143
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) visits with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter and Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams, and their families. Seated on couch in foreground (R-L): Lt. Cdr. Carpenter, Candace Noxon Carpenter (hidden), Howard L. Williams, Kristen Elaine Carpenter (hidden), and Rene Carpenter. Seated on couch, facing camera (R-L): Dr. Williams, Elizabeth Ann Williams, Helen Manning Williams, Robyn Jay Carpenter, and Marc Scott Carpenter (partially hidden). Senior photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), William P. Taub, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-253-6-62
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) visits with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter and Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams, and their families. Seated on couch in foreground (R-L): Lt. Cdr. Carpenter, Candace Noxon Carpenter, Howard L. Williams, Kristen Elaine Carpenter (mostly hidden), and Rene Carpenter. Seated on couch, facing camera (R-L): Dr. Williams, Elizabeth Ann Williams, Helen Manning Williams, Robyn Jay Carpenter, and Marc Scott Carpenter. Charles M. Williams sits behind President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.