Category: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Title: BACK INJURY RESULTED FROM THIS. President Kennedy was about to empty a spadeful of dirt during tree planting ceremony at Ottawa's Government House last May 16 where he injured his back. The injury was revealed by the White House June 8. On hand for the ceremony were Canadian Governor General Georges Vanier, behind Kennedy; Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, right foreground, and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, extreme right.
Date: 1961-05-16
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: NYT.2016.0686.0015

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, stamped: RETURN TO TIMES / DATE RECEIVED / JUN 12 1961 / IN PICTURE FILES / PHOTO LIBRARY; typed: [adhered with tape] K 1757 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / BACK INJURY RESULTED FROM THIS / PRESIDENT KENNEDY [circled] WAS ABOUT TO / EMPTY A SPADEFUL OF DIRT DURING TREE / PLANTING CEREMONY AT OTTAWA'S [circled] GOVERN- / MENT HOUSE LAST MAY 16 WHERE HE IN- / JURED HIS BACK. THE INJURY WAS / REVEALED BY THE WHITE HOUSE JUNE 8. / ON HAND FOR THE CEREMONY WERE CANADIAN / GOVERNOR GENERAL GEORGES VANIER, BEHIND / KENNEDY; PRIME MINISTER JOHN DIEFENBAKER, / RIGHT FOREGROUND, AND MRS. JACQUELINE / KENNEDY, EXTREME RIGHT. / GFR III6A 6-8-61 FLS 50 / WTS NYT NYWS MON NR LON ROME PARIS / GERMANY SS TOKYO BAIRES S, AMER. MEX / PR TMC NSWK WWRecto, [pas d'inscription] ; Verso, estampillé : RETOUR AU TIMES / DATE DE RÉCEPTION / 12 JUIN 1961 / DANS LES DOSSIERS D'IMAGES / PHOTOTHÈQUE ; dactylographié : [collé avec du ruban adhésif] K 1757 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO de NEW YORK / ATTENTION : UTILISEZ LE CREDIT / LA BLESSURE AU DOS RÉSULTE DE CETTE PHOTO / LE PRÉSIDENT KENNEDY [encerclé] S'apprêtait à / vider une pelletée de terre lors de la cérémonie de plantation d'un arbre à [encerclé] OTTAWA [GOVERN- / MENT HOUSE] le 16 mai dernier où il s'est blessé au dos. LA BLESSURE A ETE / REVELEE PAR LA MAISON BLANCHE LE 8 JUIN / A L'OCCASION DE LA CEREMONIE SE TROUVAIENT LE / GOUVERNEUR GENERAL CANADIEN GEORGES VANIER, DERRIERE / KENNEDY ; LE PREMIER MINISTRE JOHN DIEFENBAKER, / AU PREMIER PLAN A DROITE, ET MME. / GFR III6A 6-8-61 FLS 50 / WTS NYT NYWS MON NR LON ROME PARIS / GERMANY SS TOKYO BAIRES S, AMER. MEXICO / PR TMC NSWK WW

Credit Line: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection, The Image Centre.