Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

This photograph of a political cartoon by Ed Valtman shows former President Harry S. Truman (left) greeting Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy (right) with the caption "Gee, Whiz! You have matured fast."

Left to right: Margaret Truman Daniel, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, President John F. Kennedy outside White House.

President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy greet President and Mrs. Truman as they enter the White House. Left to right: Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, Mrs. Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman, and President Kennedy.

Formal portrait of President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy standing on a White House balcony with the Washington Monument in the background.

Honored guests gather for a formal photo at the bottom of the Grand Staircase in the White House during the dinner in honor of President and Mrs. Truman. First row l to r: President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy. Back row l to r: Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Daniel, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell T. Shepard.

President John F. Kennedy is speaking at the podium, with Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley seated on the right at a formal dinner. Unidentified men are in the background.

A large group of people at the President's inaugural governor's reception. First row, facing camera: Vice President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson (left); and President-elect John F. Kennedy (third from left). All others unidentified.

A large group of people at the President's Inaugural Governor's reception. Pictured: President-elect John F. Kennedy (people facing camera, fourth from right).

Governor Paul A. Dever (l-r), President of the Massachusetts State CIO Council J. William Belanger, Senator John F. Kennedy, and former President Harry S. Truman at a Truman Library Fund luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Truman's writing below the photo says, "Boston, March 8, 1954."

President John F. Kennedy (left) talking with former President Harry S. Truman (right) in the Oval Office, on Kennedy's first full day in the White House.