Original vintage color glossy 10 x 8 photo of President John F. Kennedy wearing sunglasses as he inspects military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany, taken by official White House photographer Cecil W. Stoughton. Also pictured in the photo: US Army in Europe Project Officer, Colonel Frank Meszar; Chief of Staff of the US Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Commander in Chief of US Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Commander in Chief of the US Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman 'Smitty' Smith; and White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. 'Jerry' Behn. Reverse bears a Stoughton ink stamp and "A Kodak Paper" watermarks. In very good to fine condition, with a thin vertical strip of emulsion loss. This photograph derives from Stoughton's personal collection, and was retained by him as his own file copy. Provenance: The Estate of Cecil W. Stoughton, Bonhams.
