Kennedy,_Johnson,_and_others_watching_flight_of_Astronaut_Shepard_on_television,_05_May_1961.png

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English: President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of the lift-off of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard "Freedom 7," on the first US manned sub-orbital flight.
  • L-R: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Navy Admiral Arleigh Burke; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Office of the President’s Secretary, White House, Washington, D.C.
Date
Source JFK Library JFKWHP-1961-05-05-A
Author
Cecil W. Stoughton (1920–2008) wikidata:Q5056345
Cecil W. Stoughton
Alternative names
Cecil William Stoughton
Description American photographer
Photographer under President John F. Kennedy
Date of birth/death 18 January 1920 / 20 January 1920 / 1920 Edit this at Wikidata 3 November 2008 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Oskaloosa Merritt Island
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creator QS:P170,Q5056345
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( Reusing this file ) 		"Public domain"
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5 May 1961