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'''Cecil William Stoughton''' was an [[United States|American]] [[photographer]]. He is best known for being President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s photographer during his [[White House]] years.<ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/orlando_200702A13_06.html </ref>
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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.<ref>Walsh, Kenneth T. (2003). Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes. New York: Hyperion xv, 2, 17, 73-78</ref>
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==Life and work==
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[[Image:Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963.jpg|thumb|Stoughton's iconic photograph of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] taking the oath of office as President following the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]] of [[John F. Kennedy]].]]
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[[File:Two JFKs.jpg|thumb|President [[John F. Kennedy]] with [[John F. Kennedy Jr.|John-John]] in 1963.]]
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Stoughton was born in [[Oskaloosa, Iowa]], on January 18, 1920.
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During World War II, he was assigned to the [[First Motion Picture Unit]].<ref>Sullivan, Patricia (2008-11-06). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610052310/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19537836.html "Cecil Stoughton, 88; Kennedy White House Photographer"]. ''The Washington Post''. Accessed 2012-05-29.</ref> He was a captain in the [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|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 Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline]] and their children in their public and personal life were pivotal in shaping the public's view of the [[First Family of the United States|U.S. first family]].  He took more than 8,000 pictures of the family spanning the 34-month period beginning with Kennedy's inauguration and ending with his [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]].<ref>Trask 1988.</ref>
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Stoughton took the only photograph ever published showing John F. Kennedy, [[Robert F. Kennedy|Bobby Kennedy]] and [[Marilyn Monroe]] together.<ref>Trivedi 2004. "''I got a shot of JFK, Bobby [Kennedy], and Marilyn all in the same frame when they were packed in the library with a whole bunch of other guests.''".</ref> Stoughton was present at the motorcade at which Kennedy was assassinated, and was subsequently the only photographer on board [[Air Force One]] when [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] was sworn in as the next President. Stoughton knew it was "tasteless," but suggested a photograph needed to be made of the "history-making moment ... and I think we should have it."<ref>=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a24834/flight-from-dallas-1013/</ref> Kenneth T. Walsh even agreed and said of Stoughton's picture that ''Air Force One'' "has become associated with incredibly powerful images" and "a symbol of the country and a reminder of history."<ref>{{harvnb|Walsh|2003|pp=xv, 2, 17}}</ref> His photograph, most famous photo ever taken aboard a presidential aircraft,<ref>http://archive.org/details/flyingwhitehouse00ter_evv</ref> depicts Johnson raising his hand in oath as he stood between his wife [[Lady Bird Johnson]] and a still blood-spattered Jacqueline Kennedy. <ref>http://www.shapell.org/manuscript.aspx?lbj-oath-of-office-air-force-one-jackie-jfk-assassination</ref> Stoughton recounted this event and his service as White House photographer during Johnson's first two years in office in an oral history contributed to the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/arts/design/06stoughton.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1332963715-27Ldy9xe2ugeofmMmRKzYA&pagewanted=print</ref>
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From 1967-1973, Stoughton was the chief still photographer of the National Park Service.<ref>https://www.jfklibrary.org/sites/default/files/archives/JFKOH/Stoughton%2C%20Cecil%20W/JFKOH-CWS-01/JFKOH-CWS-01-TR.pdf </ref>
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Person.png Cecil Stoughton   SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(photographer)
White House Photographer, Cecil Stoughton, on the roof of an unidentified building.jpg
BornCecil William Stoughton
1920-01-18
Oskaloosa, Iowa, U.S.
Died2008-11-03 (Age 88)
Merritt Island, Florida, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Official photographer present at JFK assassination

Cecil William Stoughton 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's iconic photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office as President following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
President John F. Kennedy with John-John in 1963.

Stoughton was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on January 18, 1920.

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 the 34-month period beginning with Kennedy's inauguration and ending with his assassination.[4]

Stoughton took the only photograph ever published showing John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe together.[5] Stoughton was present at the motorcade at which Kennedy was assassinated, and was subsequently the only photographer on board Air Force One when Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the next President. Stoughton knew it was "tasteless," but suggested a photograph needed to be made of the "history-making moment ... and I think we should have it."[6] Kenneth T. Walsh even agreed and said of Stoughton's picture that Air Force One "has become associated with incredibly powerful images" and "a symbol of the country and a reminder of history."[7] His photograph, most famous photo ever taken aboard a presidential aircraft,[8] depicts Johnson raising his hand in oath as he stood between his wife Lady Bird Johnson and a still blood-spattered Jacqueline Kennedy. [9] Stoughton recounted this event and his service as White House photographer during Johnson's first two years in office in an oral history contributed to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.[10]

From 1967-1973, Stoughton was the chief still photographer of the National Park Service.[11]


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References

  1. ↑ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/orlando_200702A13_06.html
  2. ↑ Walsh, Kenneth T. (2003). Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes. New York: Hyperion xv, 2, 17, 73-78
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Patricia (2008-11-06). "Cecil Stoughton, 88; Kennedy White House Photographer". The Washington Post. Accessed 2012-05-29.
  4. ↑ Trask 1988.
  5. ↑ Trivedi 2004. "I got a shot of JFK, Bobby [Kennedy], and Marilyn all in the same frame when they were packed in the library with a whole bunch of other guests.".
  6. ↑ =http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a24834/flight-from-dallas-1013/
  7. ↑ Walsh 2003, pp. xv, 2, 17
  8. ↑ http://archive.org/details/flyingwhitehouse00ter_evv
  9. ↑ http://www.shapell.org/manuscript.aspx?lbj-oath-of-office-air-force-one-jackie-jfk-assassination
  10. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/arts/design/06stoughton.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1332963715-27Ldy9xe2ugeofmMmRKzYA&pagewanted=print
  11. ↑ https://www.jfklibrary.org/sites/default/files/archives/JFKOH/Stoughton%2C%20Cecil%20W/JFKOH-CWS-01/JFKOH-CWS-01-TR.pdf
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