Title from caption on object: “President at Conference”

May 5, 1961

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 × 14.9 cm (9 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 15.5 cm (10 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.479

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Field Enterprises, Chicago. Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in grey paint; crop marks top center, upper left, and upper right in grease pencil and graphite; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in blue ink underlined: Kennedy John F. / Speaking; upper center in graphite circled: 1-col 4 / + Kennedy / 3xc; upper right stamped in black ink: PROPERTY OF / NEWSPAPER DIVISION / FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.; vertical along right edge printed in applied photo paper: (WX4) WASHINGTON, MAY 5--PRESIDENT AT CONFERENCE--This is a candid photo of President Kennedy / made during today's news conference. The Chief Executive said the government is considering the / question of supplying military forces against Communists encroachment in Southern Viet Nam. He / also hailed this nation's first manned shot into space and pledged "a substantially larger / effort" in that field. (AP WIREPHOTO) (SEE AP WIRE STORY) (rw61625stf)1961; lower center stamped in red ink: SUN-TIMES / MAY 6 - 1961; lower right Associated Press copyright stamp in red ink

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