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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-02-D
ST30, KN40
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30114
President John F. Kennedy (wearing glasses) looks at a filigree bowl during an exchange of gifts with Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, in the Fish Room of the White House. Left to right: U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, Edward M. Korry; unidentified; Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; Emperor Selassie; unidentified (in back); President Kennedy; Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Yilma Deressa (in back); Imru Haile Selassie (mostly hidden), second cousin of Emperor Selassie; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30113
President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, exchange gifts in the Fish Room of the White House. Left to right: Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ketema Yifru (on edge of frame); Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; two unidentified persons; Emperor Selassie (writing in book); Imru Haile Selassie (in back), second cousin of Emperor Selassie; President Kennedy; Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Yilma Deressa. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C316-2-63
President John F. Kennedy laughs with Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, during an exchange of gifts in the Fish Room of the White House. Left to right: unidentified Ethiopian military official; Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ketema Yifru; Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; unidentified (in back); Imru Haile Selassie, second cousin of Emperor Selassie; Emperor Selassie; unidentified; President Kennedy; unidentified (in back); U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Yilma Deressa (in shadow). Washington, D.C.