[President John F. Kennedy examines mahogany rocking chair given by Dominican Republic, as Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic Dr. José A. Bonilla Atiles (l) looks on] – Vintage Print
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(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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A window into the past: [President John F. Kennedy examines mahogany rocking chair given by Dominican Republic, as Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic Dr. José A. Bonilla Atiles (l) looks on], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[President John F. Kennedy examines mahogany rocking chair given by Dominican Republic, as Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic Dr. José A. Bonilla Atiles (l) looks on]
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This photograph shows President John F. Kennedy closely inspecting a mahogany rocking chair presented by the Dominican Republic, with Foreign Minister José A. Bonilla Atiles watching at left. The image is dated 1962, a period when the Dominican Republic was rebuilding its government after the 1961 assassination of longtime dictator Rafael Trujillo and when Washington was working to reshape its relations with Santo Domingo. Diplomatic gifts like this one were often made of local woods and carried national emblems, and the seal-related subject in the record suggests this chair was meant to carry an official mark. The moment is a small but telling example of ceremonial exchange between governments.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1962 |
| Subjects | Bonilla Atiles, José Antonio. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963. Gifts--1960-1970. Rocking chairs--1960-1970. Seals--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,281 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-203533 |
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