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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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President John F. Kennedy at a dinner held for Florida Senator George Smathers. Senator Smathers and President Kennedy are sitting to the left of the podium. Other unidentified individuals who attended the dinner are shown sitting in the background. The inscription on the verso of the photograph reads: "Taken at Smathers dinner, April 1962." Stephen McNulty, from the Stephen McNulty Studio in Miami Beach, Florida, sent the photograph to Senator Smathers.
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien (in back at left, facing the camera), Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, facing away), Glenn's son David Glenn (partially hidden, over Glenn's shoulder), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in back, right of David Glenn, wearing glasses), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind the President), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back, third from right).
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (wearing glasses, behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Glenn's son David Glenn (over Glenn's shoulder), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in profile, behind David Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind the President), Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back, left of Vice President Johnson), and Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (in back, second from right).
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Clarence J. Martin Personal Papers
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Photograph of Senators John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson with the Louisiana Congressional Delegation in the Senate Chambers, Washington, D.C., during the 1960 presidential campaign. Standing left to right are Congressman Hale Boggs, Senator Allen J. Ellender, Senator George A. Smathers, Senator John F. Kennedy, Frank B. Ellis, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Russell B. Long, and Congressman Edwin E. Willis. Inscription on photo reads, "For my good friend Clarence Martin, Frank B. Ellis."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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Senators John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson with the Louisiana Congressional Delegation in the Senate Chambers, Washington, D.C., during the 1960 Presidential Campaign. The photograph was sent to President Kennedy with a letter dated January 13, 1961, from Frank B. Ellis, and was taken on the day Mr. Ellis agreed to direct Senator Kennedy's campaign in Louisiana. Standing left to right are Congressman Hale Boggs, Senator Allen J. Ellender, Senator George A. Smathers, Senator John F. Kennedy, Frank B. Ellis, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Russell B. Long, and Congressman Edwin E. Willis.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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Senator John F. Kennedy and Florida Senator George A. Smathers standing together at an unknown location. Senator Smathers is lighting Senator Kennedy's cigar. The inscription on the front of the photograph reads: "To the finest puffer and blower-of cigars of course-that I know-my warm and close friend Senator Kennedy. George Smathers. USS Fla."
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Officials and foreign dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Those pictured include: President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Chancellor of West Germany, Ludwig Erhard; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; King Baudouin of Belgium; Prince Bertil of Sweden; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of France, General Charles Ailleret; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Paul-Henri Spaak; Ambassador of the Philippines, Carlos P. Rómulo; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; White House doorman, Preston Bruce. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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Officials and foreign dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Those pictured include: President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Chancellor of West Germany, Ludwig Erhard; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; King Baudouin of Belgium; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of France, General Charles Ailleret; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Paul-Henri Spaak; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; White House doorman, Preston Bruce. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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Officials and foreign dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Those pictured include: President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Chancellor of West Germany, Ludwig Erhard; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; King Baudouin of Belgium; Prime Minister of Sweden, Tage Erlander; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of France, General Charles Ailleret; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; former Social Secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy, Letitia Baldrige; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; White House doorman, Preston Bruce. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: unidentified military officer; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin; and two unidentified sailors. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) puts on a windbreaker presented as a gift from the crews of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). Left to right (in foreground): Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers of Florida (back to camera); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-ST-C407-6-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) puts on a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) presented as a gift from the crews of both ships. Left to right (in foreground): Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) shakes hands with Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance, prior to his departure from the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida; sailors (flanking both sides) salute President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and White House photographer, Chief Robert L. Knudsen. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619).
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) and others stand on the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin (facing away); Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; President Kennedy; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619).
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) walks with Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, toward a United States Marine Corps helicopter prior to his departure from the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida; sailors (flanking both sides) salute President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. The President (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619, presented as a gift from the crews of both ships) sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine.
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During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) holds a windbreaker presented as a gift from the crews of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). Standing with President Kennedy are (L-R): Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Physician to the President, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley, stands in the background at far right. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) and others stand on the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; unidentified military officer (in back); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619, presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, mostly hidden); Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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Senator George Smathers of Florida and President John F. Kennedy at Pad B, Complex 37, Cape Canaveral, Florida, where they were briefed on the Saturn rocket.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) is briefed by Dr. Wernher Von Braun regarding the Saturn rocket at Pad B, Complex 37, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (L-R) Associate Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator George Smathers of Florida; unidentified (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Administrator of NASA James E. Webb; Dr. Von Braun (partially hidden); Deputy Administrator of NASA Dr. Hugh L. Dryden; Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) shakes hands with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) upon his arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (facing camera) looks on; Senator George Smathers of Florida (center, partially hidden) stands in the background. Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with audience members at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez.
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Members of the Kennedy family, officials, and dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy and Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (both mostly hidden), stand at right in foreground; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Sydney Lawford; Joseph P. Kennedy, II; Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Vice President of Liberia, William R. Tolbert, Jr.; President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; King Baudouin of Belgium; President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera; Minister of External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; Prince Georg Valdemar of Denmark; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of France, General Charles Ailleret; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Aram; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; U.S. Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Personal Secretary to President Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln; White House doorman, Preston Bruce; White House Secret Service agents, Paul A. Burns, Walt Coughlin, Toby Chandler, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Clint Hill. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks after signing the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Looking on (L-R): unidentified photographer (kneeling); unidentified; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Advisor to the President on Disarmament, John McCloy; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), Adrian S. Fisher; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Senator J. William Fulbright (Arkansas); Senator George A. Smathers of Florida (in back); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts (partially hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of California (mostly hidden). Treaty Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with delegates from the State of Florida Inter-American Center Authority; President Kennedy viewed plans for a proposed Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center (also known as Interama) in Miami, Florida. Left to right: President of the First National Bank of Miami, Harry Hood Bassett; Vice President for Research at the University of Miami and Chairman of the Authority, Dr. Irving E. Muskat (holding an architectural drawing of Interama); Representative Dante B. Fascell (Florida); attorney, Louis J. Hector (in back, partially hidden); Secretary-Treasurer of the Authority, David W. Walters; President Kennedy (seated); President of the Miami Beach First National Bank, Frank Smathers, Jr. (in back, mostly hidden); Senators Spessard L. Holland and George A. Smathers (both of Florida); Mayor of Miami and Vice Chairman of the Authority, Robert King High (seated). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.