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John F. Kennedy portrait collection

Title: John F. Kennedy portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1958?-1963?>

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Kennedy, John F.	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<14> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<2> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Views of President John F. Kennedy approximately dated between 1958 and 1963. Collection shows Kennedy in group portraits: as Senator Kennedy, possibly campaigning in New York; as President Kennedy receiving African heads of state and officials at the White House including Laurene Borha - Liberia; Habib Bourguiba - Tunisia; El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud - Sudan; Houphouet-Boigny - Ivory Coast; Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Alhaji - Nigeria; President Olympio of Togo; William Tubman Liberia. Collection also includes photos of Jacqueline Kennedy with ambassador's wives and arriving in Brooklyn; and Mrs. Robert Kennedy visiting a children's Christmas party. Half-, three-quarter and full-length views are included.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Group portraits – 1950-1969.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1950-1969.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers include the White House, R.L. Knudsen, Fay Foto Service and others.
Some photos have captions; some have grease pencil marks.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Kennedy, John F.

OCLC

NYPG085000537-F

Title

John F. Kennedy portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1958?-1963?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

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Added Author

Gilbert, James. Photographer

Rowe, Abbie. Photographer

Knudsen, R. L. Photographer

Fay Foto Service (Boston, Mass.)

Jan Studios (New York, N.Y.)

King Photographers (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Kennedy, John F.

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