{"id":2175,"date":"2013-11-18T17:12:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/drp\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2013-11-18T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T17:12:15","slug":"historic-photos-jfk-at-the-ui-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2013\/11\/18\/historic-photos-jfk-at-the-ui-1959\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic photos: JFK at the UI, 1959"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy&#8217;s death, we&#8217;re celebrating the 54th anniversary of his 1959 visit to the University of Iowa campus. Not yet an official presidential candidate (coverage of his trip only made page 6 of <em>The Daily Iowan<\/em>, which instead led with some student workers&#8217; two-day strike for a food allowance raise), Kennedy still drew a healthy audience of 1,500 to a reception at the Iowa Memorial Union. He rounded out the visit watching a home football game the following day, where he &#8220;cheered for Iowa, but prayed for Notre Dame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/search\/collection\/lemberger\/searchterm\/Kennedy%2C%20John%20F.%20(John%20Fitzgerald)%2C%201917-1963!Iowa\/field\/all!title\/mode\/exact!all\/conn\/and!and\/order\/relati\">View additional Kennedy photographs from the Michael W. Lemberger Collection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu\/DI\/1959\/di1959-11-24.pdf\">View the Nov. 24th 1959 edition of <em>The Daily Iowan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3886\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/lemberger\/id\/438\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3886\" alt=\"Senator John F. Kennedy visits the Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Nov. 21, 1959. Photo (c) Michael W. Lemberger | Michael W. Lemberger Photographs\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2013\/11\/kennedy2.jpg\" width=\"581\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator John F. Kennedy visits the Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Nov. 21, 1959. Photo (c) Michael W. Lemberger | Michael W. Lemberger Photographs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3884\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/lemberger\/id\/439\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3884\" alt=\"Senator John F. Kennedy talks to supporters, University of Iowa, Nov. 21, 1959. Photo (c) Michael W. Lemberger  |  Michael W. Lemberger Photographs\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2013\/11\/kennedy1.jpg\" width=\"581\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator John F. Kennedy talks to supporters, University of Iowa, Nov. 21, 1959. Photo (c) Michael W. Lemberger | Michael W. Lemberger Photographs<span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3887\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu\/DI\/1959\/di1959-11-24.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3887 \" alt=\"Pressbox quarterbacks, The Daily Iowan, Nov. 24, 1959  |  The Daily Iowan Digital Collection\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2013\/11\/kennedy3.jpg\" width=\"489\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pressbox quarterbacks, The Daily Iowan, Nov. 24, 1959 | The Daily Iowan Digital Collection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3889\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu\/DI\/1959\/di1959-11-24.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3889\" alt=\"Next president?, The Daily Iowan, Nov. 24, 1959  |  The Daily Iowan Digital Collection\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2013\/11\/kennedy4.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Next president?, The Daily Iowan, Nov. 24, 1959 | The Daily Iowan Digital Collection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of John F. 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