Jfk Swimming Pool White House

The mural illustrating the u s.

Jfk swimming pool white house. The first was an indoor pool installed in june of 1933 for fdr to use. Virgin islands was painted by bernard lamotte and installed in the white house in 1962. Kennedy s personal secretary evelyn lincoln prior to and during his presidency. Materials concern the pool at the white house including expenses associated with it and the mural donated by joseph p.

The white house has had two different pools since the 1930s. She also tells of how jfk asked her to take care of his friends powers who looked a little tense while they were swimming in the white house pool. Swimming pool about folder. Mimi alford née beardsley was all of 19 when she began working in the white house press office in 1962 and almost immediately caught the eye of president john f.

Open 7 days 9 am 5 pm. It was a dare but i knew exactly what he meant. The purpose according to early hagiographers was to soothe the president s aching back. The white house has had two different pools since the 1930s.

Kennedy presidential library and museum. The white house pool. This folder consists of materials maintained by president john f. The idea for a white house pool belongs to captain joseph patterson publisher of the new york daily news and a staunch franklin roosevelt man.

Kennedy liked to take a dip in the white house pool. Roosevelt who suffered from poliomyelitis and often swam at therapy pools at his hyde park home in new york or at a rehabilitation center in warm springs georgia. After a tough morning in the oval office john f. Kennedy presidential library and museum.

On march 14 1933 ten days after fdr took the oath. This photograph depicts the white house indoor swimming pool as it appeared during the administration of president john f.