Details:

John F. Kennedy photographed alongside Wernher von Braun during a presidential inspection visit to Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 16, 1963, just six days before Kennedy’s assassination.

This original 10 x 8 inch silver gelatin photograph captures President John F. Kennedy seated in an open motorcade vehicle while conversing with von Braun, NASA’s chief architect of the Saturn V rocket and a central figure in the Apollo program. The scene is surrounded by Secret Service agents, NASA officials, and members of the press, consistent with known photographic documentation from Kennedy’s final visit to the U.S. space program.

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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Reference sku: 11674 1413378-1