Details:

John F. Kennedy original 10 x 8” silver gelatin photograph depicting President Kennedy in conversation with rocket scientist Wernher von Braun during a public inspection of an Apollo-era Saturn rocket display. Kennedy is shown attentively observing as von Braun gestures upward, illustrating technical aspects of the launch vehicle—an image that visually encapsulates the political and scientific partnership that propelled the United States toward the Moon.

The image dates to Kennedy’s last trip to Cape Canaveral, where he toured launch facilities and reviewed progress on the Apollo missions—an initiative he had personally set in motion with his 1961 moon speech. Photographs from this visit are among the final visual records of Kennedy engaging directly with the scientists and engineers driving America’s space ambitions.

Fine condition. Verso is blank, as typical for period wire or staff photography of the era.

This is a historically significant presidential image linking two towering figures of the Space Race at a pivotal moment in American history—combining politics, science, and the final days of the Kennedy presidency in a single compelling frame.

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Includes a full letter of authenticity from JG Autographs, Inc.

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