Photograph, John F. Kennedy and Brooks Hays

 
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Photograph, John F. Kennedy and Brooks Hays
Photograph, John F. Kennedy and Brooks Hays
Photograph, John F. Kennedy and Brooks Hays
Photograph, John F. Kennedy and Brooks Hays

Photograph, John F. Kennedy and Brooks Hays

Object number2015.028.04
DateDecember 1, 1961
Associated LocationWashington, District of Columbia
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions7 1/4 × 9 in. (18.4 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of John F. Kennedy and Brooks Hays. This photograph was taken on December 1, 1961 at the White House, after a ceremony where Hays was sworn in as Kennedy's new special assistant on foreign policy matters. Hays is shaking Kennedy's hand and standing in front of a wall bearing the Presidential Seal. Kennedy is holding a rolled paper tied with a bow. It is an United Press International Telephoto.

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. After serving in the United States Navy, Kennedy began his political career in the United States House of Representatives. He was elected Thirty-Fifth President of the United States in 1961 and served until his assassination in 1963. He is most widely known for his establishment of the Peace Corps, the building of the Berlin Wall, and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. He married his wife, Jacqueline, in 1953 and the pair had four children. Kennedy passed away on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, after he was shot while traveling in a presidential motorcade.
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