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[Portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy during televised presidential debates]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09805.04 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 26 September 1960 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

One black-and-white portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy dated September 26, 1960. Image is a 2/3 view of Kennedy's face and shoulders during presidential debates with Richard M. Nixon.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

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