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[President John F. Kennedy on crutches accompanied by White House Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher on way to a conference in Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

[President John F. Kennedy on crutches accompanied by White House Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher on way to a conference in Washington, D.C.], 1961 June 16. — historic photograph
[President John F. Kennedy on crutches accompanied by White House Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher on way to a conference in Washington, D.C.], 1961 June 16.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [President John F. Kennedy on crutches accompanied by White House Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher on way to a conference in Washington, D.C.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A June 1961 wire photo of John F. Kennedy on crutches is an unusual view of a president who rarely let his physical difficulties appear in public. Kennedy's chronic back problems, rooted in a wartime injury and later surgeries, often required crutches or a brace, though the White House seldom discussed them. Here he makes his way to a Washington conference on international economic and social development, accompanied by Andrew T. Hatcher of the White House press staff. The picture came in over the United Press International telephoto wire, a reminder of how quickly news photographs traveled in the early 1960s.

Created / published1961 June 16.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreTransmitted images 1960-1970.Photographic prints 1960-1970.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. United Press International telephoto. No. WAP061604. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsKennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963--Health. Hatcher, Andrew T. National Conference on International Economic and Social Development--1961--People.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,283 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-208617

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