Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy prepares to press a button to inaugurate a Masonic meeting in Chicago, Illinois, during a congressional campaign trip to Muskegon County Airport in Muskegon, Michigan. Also pictured: Congressional candidate from Michigan, Neil Staebler (standing at right, partially out of frame); newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joe Taylor; White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin and Bill Duncan. Air Force One is visible in the background.
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