Original vintage glossy 10 x 8 AP wirephoto of President John F. Kennedy meeting in the Oval Office with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in March 1961, showing JFK leisurely seated in his iconic White House rocking chair. In very good to fine condition, with unobtrusive creasing to corners and a fleck of surface loss to the background.
President Kennedy became famous for his rocking chair, which he used to alleviate his chronic back pain after a recommendation from his personal doctor Janet G. Travell. He is known to have owned about fourteen similar chairs, which he put anywhere he frequented—in the Oval Office, White House residence, his getaways in Hyannis Port and Palm Beach, his suite at the Carlyle, and even aboard Air Force One. With numerous famous images showing JFK in his rocking chair, it has become one of the enduring symbols of his presidency.
