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[First official White House photograph of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, half-length portrait, seated on couch, facing front] – Antique Photo Print

[First official White House photograph of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, half-length portrait, seated on couch, facing front], [1961] — historic photograph
[First official White House photograph of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, half-length portrait, seated on couch, facing front], [1961]. Historic photograph from the White House collection.

(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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Marked as the first official White House photograph of Jacqueline Kennedy, this 1961 portrait shows her half-length on a couch, facing the camera, in the first year of her husband's presidency. The print came to the Library of Congress from the United States Information Agency, which distributed government imagery, and its 1964 transfer date shows how such pictures passed between agencies and archives. The direct, composed pose hints at the public role she would soon reshape, including the White House restoration and the televised tour of 1962.

Created / published[1961]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1960-1970.Photographic prints 1960-1970.
NotesPhotograph received from USIA, July 1964. No. 61-9024.
SubjectsOnassis, Jacqueline Kennedy,--1929-1994.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,024 × 1,280 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128705

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