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White House Photographs
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Presidential Assistant John J. McNally (front, center) stands with a group of eighth-grade students from St. Anne’s School in Jersey City, New Jersey, during their tour of the White House. McNally accepts, on behalf of President John F. Kennedy, a birthday card and a model of the PT-109, made by Richard Kochanski. A typewritten note on the right side of the model says, “With Best Wishes From The Eighth Graders of St. Anne’s School, Jersey City, N.J.”; the note on the left says, “Solomon Islands.” East Wing Lobby, White House, Washington, D.C.
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