[President John F. Kennedy, head-and-shoulders portrait, smoking a small cigar at a Democratic fundraiser in Boston's Commonwealth Armory] – Historic Photograph Print
![[President John F. Kennedy, head-and-shoulders portrait, smoking a small cigar at a Democratic fundraiser in Boston's Commonwealth Armory], 1963 October 19. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4b/4b67546bd6ae-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of [President John F. Kennedy, head-and-shoulders portrait, smoking a small cigar at a Democratic fundraiser in Boston's Commonwealth Armory] brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[President John F. Kennedy, head-and-shoulders portrait, smoking a small cigar at a Democratic fundraiser in Boston's Commonwealth Armory]
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Kennedy is shown here in a close head-and-shoulders view, a small cigar in hand, at a Democratic fundraiser held in Boston's Commonwealth Armory in October 1963. The picture came over the wire as a United Press International telephoto, a format that let news photographs travel quickly from event to newspaper desk in the early 1960s. Kennedy was a Massachusetts native, and Boston events drew him home often, so the setting carries local as well as national weight. The image is part of the New York World-Telegram and the Sun newspaper collection, and its title was written by Library of Congress staff rather than taken from a caption of the day.
| Created / published | 1963 October 19. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Transmitted images 1960-1970.Photographic prints 1960-1970. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. United Press International telephoto. BHP101917. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963. Smoking--Massachusetts--Boston--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,313 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-208663 |
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