Group at aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) commissioning ceremony, 1968

Object summary

Title: Group at aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) commissioning ceremony, 1968
Object ID: GCP-00013232
Date made: 1968-09-07
Place made: United States, Virginia, Newport News
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Earl P. Yates, right, and Tazewell T. Shepard Jr. talk with Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy at the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVA67). Caroline Bouvier Kennedy and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. stand next to their mother. Stamp on verso reads "Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 68-959 (1)". Original caption: "Commissioning of John F. Kennedy". Used in: Technology Review, January 1969, p. 81. Original credit line: Nixon, Everton, Gilnan and Telstad, 68-959 (1).