Kennedy Press Conferences

Black and white images of a prominent political figure delivering speeches and addresses at various press events during the early 1960s, featuring formal settings and microphones.

Washington, D.C.: March 1, 1961 President Kennedy at a press conference where he said that no proposal has been made for lessening reliance on nuclear weapons for military defense.
Washington, D.C.: March 1, 1961 President Kennedy at a press conference where he said that no proposal has been made for lessening reliance on nuclear weapons for military defense.
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Moshe Dayan (1915 - 16 October 1981) Israeli military leader and politician. Commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953-1958). Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel. Dayan became Defence Minister just before the 1967 Six-Day War.
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President Kennedy views the lift-off of the 1st US Manned Orbital Flight. President John F. Kennedy speaks on the telephone after watching television coverage of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.s lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard Mercury-Atlas 6 (also known as Friendship 7) on the first U.S. manned orbital flight. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, with back to camera, stands at right. Family Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Senator Edward Kennedy speaks at the Democratic Mid Term Convention in June 1982
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United States. President Richard Nixon speaking.
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Jhr. Quarles van Ufford at Schiphol, here during press conference. February 10, 1967. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Anefo photo collection. Toon Hermans at Schiphol for his departure to Canada. During a press conference. September 17, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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1981 President Ronald Reagan Speaking
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Presiden Richard Nixonin Oval Office in January of 1974.
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Senator Edward Kennedy speaks at the Democratic Mid Term Convention in June 1982
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Gabriele Gramiccia. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt.
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Vice President Hubert Walker Bush campaigning for the presidency in New Hampshire on February 16, 1988.
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Arkansas: c. 1957Portrait of Orval E. Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas who ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from attending Little Rock Central High School.
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Senator Strom Thurmond speaks at the confirmation hearings of Antonin Scalia to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court in December 1986
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Rush S. Clark, sales director of Pan Am. September 7, 1946.
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An election rally of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) on 23.4.1975 in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund..Helmut Schmidt, Germany, Europe
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1981 President Ronald Reagan Speaking
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Anefo photo collection. Honoring Anton Geesink at Stadhuis in Utrecht. November 6, 1964. Utrecht, Utrecht
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Ralph J. Cordiner, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell
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Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, during news conference at White House, Washington, DC.
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United States President Lyndon Johnson, at the White House, 1968
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 1973), referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
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George W. Bush speaking at Londonderry High School, NH, January 2000
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Kenneth O'Donnell, Special Assistant to President Kennedy in his White House Office. Kevin Costner portrayed O'Donnell, in the 2000 film, THIRTEEN DAYS. Jan. 25, 1961. - (BSLOC_2015_1_136)
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Congressional campaign trip: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, rally. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at Fitzgerald Field House at the University of Pittsburgh during a congressional campaign trip. Seated onstage: Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania (far left); Governor of Pennsylvania, David L. Lawrence (left, behind flag pole). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Theodore Roosevelt on a flag-draped platform, with hat in hand during his tour through New Jersey before the Progressive Party Convention, September 1912
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USA: Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973) was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. Oil on canvas, Peter Hurd (1904 - 1984), 1967, National Portrait Gallery
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The SPD's election campaign in North Rhine-Westphalia, here at an election event in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle in 1966, was accompanied by the well-known entertainer Peter Frankenfeld. Willy Brandt, Germany, Europe
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S64-31456 (1964) --- Astronaut Frank Borman.
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Ralph J. Cordiner, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell
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Labor Day weekend at Hyannis Port: Cruise aboard the Honey Fitz with President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy (JBK), 1:17PM. President John F. Kennedy smokes a cigar and reads the newspaper aboard the Presidential yacht Honey Fitz during Labor Day weekend off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival of the American Concert pianist Harvey Lavan from Cliburn at Schiphol. Arrival and departure, musicians, aircraft. October 26, 1966. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Italian Communist Leader Makes Election Speech - Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian communist party and member of the cominform, delivers an election address to an estimated 100, 000 crowd in Duomo Square, before Milan's famed Cathedral, April 11. Behind him is the communist symbol. The head of Garibaldi. April 14, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Bush speaks at a press conference as H.W Bush and Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev meet at the Helsinki summit on September 10, 1990
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Vice President Spiro Agnew in August 1973.
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07/21/1992. Fidel Castro during the opening of the II Ibero-American summit that begins today in Madrid.
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Walter Heller, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller, stands on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Mr. Heller holds a copy of the Economic Report of the President, transmitted to Congress in January of 1962.
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Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy at a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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President Jimmy Carter addresses newsmen during his visit to the base in July 1980. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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12/31/1977. Adolfo Suárez, President of the Government, in the Congress of Deputies.
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Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 - April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976, he was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1984 presidential election, but lost to incumbent Ronald Reagan
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BALDUINO REY DE BELGICA.
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U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, half-length portrait, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Arnold Newman, December 1963
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Artist Unknown
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Chairman Joe Biden talks with Senators Spector and Leahy before the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearing, October 11, 1991.
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Thomas Dewey - USA. November 14, 1947.
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United States, State of Texas, Dallas. Bob Schieffer at the Republican National Convention of 1984.
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Robert Strange McNamara (1916 ñ 2009) US Secretary of Defense, from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
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Theodore Roosevelt on a flag-draped platform, waving his hat during his tour through New Jersey before the Progressive Party Convention, September 1912
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Sports Illustrated -Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell
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The Party Congress of the German Communist Party (DKP) on 1-4 November 1973 in Hamburg. . Herbert Mies at the lectern, Germany, Europe
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Fidel Castro of Cuba visits Washington DC 1959
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LOS ANGELES: Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers, announces at a news conference that the union has started another nationwide boycott of a farm product--this time, lettuce. 5/5/72
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Richmond Borough President Robert T. Connor speaking at dedication of the New York Public Library's New Dorp Branch, 309 New Dorp Lane. Photographs. 1972. New York Public Library Archives. New York Public Library
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Jesse Jackson Sr. speaks at the Democratic Convention in Atlanta, GA in July 1988
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Gaetan Duval a closeup portrait from Mauritian rupee Gaetan Duval a closeup portrait from Mauritian money - rupee Copyright: xZoonar.com/JanuszxPienkowskix 21706289
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12/31/1977. Adolfo Suárez, President of the Government, in the Congress of Deputies.
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JOE PESCI in RAGING BULL (1980), directed by MARTIN SCORSESE.
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1970S Man Reporter Newsman Holding Microphone Reporting From Capitol Washington Dc News Reporters
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1998 -- John H. Glenn Jr. is a former American astronaut, Marine Corps fighter pilot, and United States Senator. He was the third American to fly in space and the first American to orbit the Earth. This photo for his second space flight on Oct. 29, 1998, on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-95.
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Portret van Richard Nixon, 1960 photomechanical print United States of America metal historical persons. president ~ head of republic
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Portrait Trygve Halvdan Lie, Ehemaliger Generalsekretaer der Vereinten Nationen, Hauptquartier der Vereinten Nationen, UNO-Hauptquartier, United Nations, New York City, New York State, USA, North America
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Office of Administrative Law Judges, Environmental Appeals Board - Portraits of Judge Spence Nissen , Environmental Protection Agency
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(31 Jan 1978) --- Astronaut Loren J. Shriver
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Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke waves to the crowd at the 1968 Republican National Convention, Miami, Florida, USA, Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, August 5, 1968
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Trip to Western States: Pierre, South Dakota (Oahe Dam), 10:25AM. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir, on the banks of the Missouri River, near Pierre, South Dakota.
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Anefo photo collection. Premier Lubbers Slagharen re-elected leader. Lubbers speaks. February 1, 1986. Overijssel, Slagharen