Cecil stoughton jfk photos
Original 10'' x 8'' photograph of John F. Kennedy taken the morning of the assassination on 22 November by White House photographer Cecil W. Stoughton.!
Cecil W. Stoughton
American photographer (1920–2008)
Cecil William Stoughton (January 18, 1920 – November 3, 2008) was an American photographer.
He is best known for being President John F. Kennedy's photographer during his White House years.[1]
Stoughton was present at the motorcade at which Kennedy was assassinated and subsequently took the only photograph on board Air Force One of Lyndon B.
Johnson being sworn in as the next President.[2]
Life and work
Stoughton was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on January 18, 1920.
Portrait of John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, January 17, Photo by Cecil Stoughton..
During World War II, he was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit.[3] He was a captain in the United States Army Signal Corps, when he was assigned to the White House Army Signal Agency. Stoughton's behind-the-scene pictures of John and Jacqueline and their children in their public and personal life were pivotal in shaping the public's view of the U.S.
first family. He took more than 8,000 pictures of the family spanning t