Vintage 10 x 12.75 photo of Kennedy sitting in his favorite seat in the Oval Office, his stiff-backed rocking chair, as he engages in conversation with Matthew Culligan, author and a one time publisher of the Saturday Evening Post, seated on the couch, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Matthew Culligan, with sincere and warm regards, John F. Kennedy.” Photo is affixed to its original 12 x 17 mount and archivally suede matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 22.5. In fine condition. Kennedy was a young senator from Massachusetts in 1955 when he went to see Dr. Janet Travell for lingering back problems from a war injury. She prescribed swimming and the healthful use of a rocking chair as therapy to ease his pain. She believed that a rocking chair relieved tension in the lower back by keeping the muscles moving, contracting and relaxing. Kennedy would frequently entertain foreign dignitaries from this chair as he discussed world affairs in the Oval Office. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
