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President Kennedy at the National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner, 1961
Title
President Kennedy at the National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner, 1961
Subject
National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Annual Awards Dinner
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Description
Black and white photograph depicting President John F. Kennedy delivering his Gold Medal acceptance speech at the National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner. National Football Foundation representatives (including Vincent dePaul Draddy and Chester LaRoche) met with President Kennedy (who played football at Harvard) at the White House prior to this 1961 event held in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel.
Creator
National Football Foundation
Date
1961
Relation
Digital Acquisition
Format
image | jpeg
Medium
black-and-white photographs
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Photographs.NFF.196112
Coverage
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Grand Ballroom
Temporal Coverage
1960 - 1969
Original Format
black-and-white photographs
Collection
Citation
National Football Foundation , “President Kennedy at the National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner, 1961,” Host to the World, accessed April 26, 2024, https://waldorfnewyorkcity.com/archive/items/show/476.