James Rhyne Killian with photograph of David Allan Shepard at Class of 1926 reception, 1949

Object summary

Title: James Rhyne Killian with photograph of David Allan Shepard at Class of 1926 reception, 1949
Object ID: GCP-00013804
Date made: 1949
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Somerset Club
Maker: Griffin, Arthur
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

James Rhyne Killian smiles as he holds up a gift, a framed photo of David Allan Shepard at a reception for Killian's Inauguration. Letter from Warren A. Seamans to George Warren Smith affixed to verso. Original caption 1: "Somerset Club, Boston, '26 Party for JRK JR, (Inauguration) 1949". Original caption 2: "[?] 1950 yearbook". Original credit line: Arthur Griffin.