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JFK Inspects a Model of the Kennedy Center

by David Coleman

JFK was shown a scale model of the proposed National Cultural Center as part of a White House luncheon on October 8, 1963. The complex was later named the Kennedy Center.

Filed Under: Photos

JFK Meets with Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies

by David Coleman

On July 8, 1963, Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies visited the White House for meetings with President Kennedy and for an official state luncheon.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Australia, Robert Menzies

JFK Meets with the Earl Mountbatten

by David Coleman

JFK meets with the British Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Mountbatten, in the Oval Office to discuss plans for a NATO multilateral force and supplying the British with Polaris submarines.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: David Ormsby-Gore, Earl of Mountbatten, JFK, Maxwell Taylor, MLF, White House

Bromley Smith

by David Coleman

Bromley Smith was a long-time NSC staffer. He was appointed to the NSC Staff in 1953 by President Eisenhower and rose to become the NSC’s Executive Secretary in the Kennedy administration. He stayed in the position until his retirement in 1980.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Bromley Smith

JFK Addresses the Graduating Class of the FBI National Academy

by David Coleman

President Kennedy addressed the graduating class of the FBI National Academy held at the Departmental Auditorium (now known as the Andrew W.. Mellon Auditorium) on October 31, 1962 from 11:20 – 11:35 AM.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, JFK

JFK and USAID Sign Contract with National Rural Electrification Cooperation Association

by David Coleman

In an Oval Office ceremony, President Kennedy signed the Agency for International Development’s contract with the National Rural Electrification Cooperation Association, an initiative to provide assistance in establishing world electric systems in Latin American countries.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: USAID, White House

JFK’s 60th Press Conference

by David Coleman

President Kennedy held his 60th news conference on August 20, 1963.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: JFK, press

JFK Presents Medal to Bob Hope at the White House 1963

by David Coleman

President Kennedy awarded a special medal to comedian Bob Hope in recognition of his services to the nation and the cause of world peace in a White House ceremony on September 11, 1963.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Bob Hope, JFK, White House

JFK Meets with the King of Laos at the White House 1963

by David Coleman

JFK met with the King of Laos, His Majesty Sri Savang Vatthana, at the White House on 25 and 27 February 1963.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: JFK, Laos, White House

The Closet Where LBJ’s Secret White House Taping System was Installed

by David Coleman

This photo in the archives of the Richard Nixon Library claims to show the closet that LBJ’s secret White House tapes recording system was installed in.

Filed Under: Photos, White House Tapes Tagged With: LBJ, Nixon, White House, White House Tapes

JFK’s Dictaphone Machine / White House Tapes

by David Coleman

This is President John F. Kennedy’s Dictaphone machine that he used to dictate speeches, memoranda, and notes as well as to record some of his telephone calls in his collection of secret White House tapes. It’s one of the artifacts in the holdings of the JFK Library & Museum.

Filed Under: Photos, White House Tapes Tagged With: JFK, White House Tapes

JFK’s American University Commencement Address 1963

by David Coleman

On June 10, 1963, President Kennedy delivered the commencement address at American University on the John M. Reeves Athletic Field.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Cold War, JFK

JFK’s 51st Press Conference 1963

by David Coleman

President Kennedy held his 51st presidential press conference at 11am on March 6, 1963, in the State Department Auditorium.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: JFK, press

JFK Hosts West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at the White House 1962

by David Coleman

West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived at the White House for a two-day state visit on November 14, 1962.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Cold War, JFK, Konrad Adenauer, West Germany, White House

Nixon in Moscow 1972

by David Coleman

In May 1972, President Nixon ventured to Moscow to meet with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev for the Moscow Summit.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: arms control, Cold War, detente, Leonid Brezhnev, Nixon, Soviet Union