John F. Kennedy Photograph Signed - Standing Behind Resolute Desk in Oval Office

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JOHN F. KENNEDY
.  Vintage glossy photograph inscribed and signed by John F. Kennedy as President to Gary Douglas Perkins: “For Gary Douglas Perkins, with very good wishes, John Kennedy.”
PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY AS PRESIDENT TO THE SON OF THE MAN WHO ORGANIZED AND INSURED HIS INAUGURATION
Gary Douglas Perkins was the son of William H. Perkins, Jr. who served on the Presidential Inaugural Committee in 1961, 1965, 1969, and 1973.  He was a lifelong lobbyist, first for the Continental Casualty Company where he arranged the insurance coverage for President Kennedy’s inauguration.  In 1964, Perkins was appointed by President Johnson as a member of the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Institution; he was reappointed by Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.  The present photograph shows President Kennedy standing with a group of people behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House.  Gary and William Perkins are on the far left.
ACCOMPANIED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, THE WORLD’S LEADING AUTOGRAPH COMPANY
The photograph measures 10 by 8 inches, in fine condition with minor buckling and wearing, and accompanied with a certificate of authenticity from University Archives, the world’s leading autograph company.