Never-Before-Seen Images Of President John F. Kennedy are Available For First Time

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ Never-before-published images from one of the world's largest collections of John F. Kennedy photography are now available to view, purchase or license on JFKarchive.com. The offering has been hand-selected from more than 26,000 photos of JFK and his family from The Rogers Archive, the world's largest private collection of archival images.

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The new microsite features approximately 250 images, including iconic pictures of the former president in the prime of his power, as well as photos that capture his coming of age, significant moments, family life and more.

"We are pleased to share these visuals of JFK with the public at a time when Americans are looking back and remembering our 35th president," said John Rogers, founder and chief executive officer of The Rogers Archive. "Kennedy's life was fascinating, and this photo collection is full of those moments that we all love to see of him from the stately politician to the family man with Jackie and two young children and so many more."

The collection also includes never-before-seen photographs that were taken by presidential photographer Arthur Rickerby. Rickerby joined LIFE Magazine in 1960 where he covered the Kennedy family throughout their White House years even riding in the motorcade behind the president on Nov. 22, 1963, the day of his death. These extremely rare, unpublished Rickerby images can be viewed at JFKarchive.com.

"You won't find this collection of Kennedy photography anywhere else, and it's just a small glimpse into our archive," said Wendell Williams, executive director of The Rogers Archive. "Images from our vast library of more than 200 million span the 1800s to the 1990s and beyond and include rare snapshots of cultural icons as well as photographs that chronicle moments from everyday life, captured in time by newspapers from around the world. And millions of them will be available as prints and for licensing this spring. The JFK collection is just a sneak peek at what's to come."

In addition to owning the Arthur Rickerby Collection, The Rogers Archive is home to more than 40 newspaper archives, including The Star-Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and the Boston Herald, as well as many noteworthy photo collections from private photographers.

"We're currently digitizing millions of outdated paper-trail photographic filing systems and transforming them into sleek, searchable digital databases," Rogers said. "We're preserving history and will be making it accessible for the world very soon."

In early 2014, The Rogers Archive will launch an online site where individuals can use keyword search to locate images to frame on their walls or use for publishing, advertising and other professional licensing needs.

Altogether, this vast library includes more than 200 million images and is still growing. Nearly 10 million will be available at site launch.

During the next few weeks, The Rogers Archive will begin to invite a select group into the archive for early access during an invite-only beta test period.

About The Rogers Archive
The Rogers Archive is a digital media provider. With 200 million images and more than 5,000 hours of video from newspaper vaults and private collections from around the world, The Rogers Archive is the world's largest private collection of archival images. Preservation specialists at The Rogers Archive restore, scan and tag photographs, organizing photographic filing systems that are subject to deterioration into searchable archives at a no-cost basis to the publications, institutions and photographers who own them. The Rogers Archive is currently digitizing millions of images and plans to make its comprehensive collection available for licensing and prints in early 2014. For more information, visit http://www.therogersarchive.com/.

Image with caption: "President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at Dallas Love Field on Air Force One on November 22, 1963. Presidential photographer Arthur Rickerby captured the couple here for Life magazine just hours before JFK's assassination. Rickerby was one of the few photographers shooting in color at this time when others were shooting in black and white." Image available at: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131119/DA19895-a

Image with caption: "John F. Kennedy speaks to a crowd on his presidential campaign trail in 1960. Campaign hats like the one in this photo were typical at the time." Image available at: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131119/DA19895-b

Image with caption: "President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy enjoy leisure time with their children in the waters off of Hyannis Port." Image available at: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131119/DA19895-c

SOURCE The Rogers Archive