Robert and John F. Kennedy date Straight from The Times archives

Straight from The Times archives

first woman to fly the Atlantic

which he used to buy clothes and contribute to the support of his widowed mother

When Carnegie Hall held its first concert on May 5

The original Yankee Stadium

Robert and John F. Kennedy date Straight from The Times archivesPresident John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy at the White House, May 4, 1961. This image was captured by Times staff photographer George Tames (1919 1994), whose work for nearly half a century changed the way Americans looked at presidents and political power. Tames's photographs chronicled 10 Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George Bush, countless members of Congress and heads of state, from Winston Churchill to Nikita