File:President John F. Kennedy Signs Communications Satellite Act of 1962 - AR7444-E.jpg

Original file (1,200 × 926 pixels, file size: 100 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: President John F. Kennedy signs HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Senator Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa (mostly hidden); Secretary of State Dean Rusk (partially hidden); Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; unidentified (seated); unidentified (standing); Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative Morgan Moulder of Missouri (mostly hidden); Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland; Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (partially hidden); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Senator John Sparkman of Alabama (partially hidden); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; unidentified; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Date
Source JFK Library AR7444-E
Author
Abbie Rowe  (1905–1967)  wikidata:Q17505865
 
Abbie Rowe
Alternative names
Abbie Alpheus Rowe
Description photographer
Date of birth/death 23 August 1905 Edit this at Wikidata 17 April 1967 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Strasburg Edit this at Wikidata Alexandria Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1940 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q17505865

Licensing

Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

31 August 1962

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:46, 18 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 07:46, 18 February 20241,200 × 926 (100 KB)OpencooperSlightly higher resolution
08:33, 12 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 08:33, 12 February 20171,000 × 772 (216 KB)Opencooper=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |description={{en|1=President John F. Kennedy signs HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962}} |date=1962-08-31 |source=[https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-1962-08-31-A.aspx JFK Library...

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata