Key to City of High Point, North Carolina
Artifact IDMO 63.417
Object Type
Key
Date
September 17, 1960
Date Presented9/17/60
Gifter
Jesse Heywood Washburn
Place of GiftHigh Point, North Carolina, United States
Medium
metal
DimensionsOverall W 8 1/2 in (21.6 cm )
Physical DescriptionKey to the city of High Point, North Carolina presented to President Kennedy. Gold colored metal key engraved along shaft "High Point / Founded 1851", reverse reads, "Jesse Washburn, Major / Furniture and Hosiery Center". The top of the key has the seal of the city of High Point, bottom of the key is a map of North Carolina.
Historical NoteThis key was presented to Senator John F. Kennedy by the mayor of High Point, North Carolina Jesse Washburn on September 17, 1960 as he arrived at a campaing rally at the Greensboro-High Point airport.
Additional DetailsCustodial History NoteItem was presented to John F. Kennedy in 1960 and held by the General Service Administration until it was donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum by the Estate of President John F. Kennedy in 1965.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesJohn F. Kennedy Senatorial Collection (National Archives Identifier 1677340)
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