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JFKWHP-KN-C18031
Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). (L-R) President Youlou, unidentified man, President John F. Kennedy. The painting over the fireplace is an 1869 portrait of Abraham Lincoln by George P.A. Healy and was donated to the White House in 1939. The inscription in the green marble fireplace was commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and taken from a letter written by John Adams to his wife, Abigail, and reads, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18030
Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). (L-R) President Youlou, unidentified man, President John F. Kennedy. The painting over the fireplace is an 1869 portrait of Abraham Lincoln by George P.A. Healy and was donated to the White House in 1939. The inscription in the green marble fireplace was commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and taken from a letter written by John Adams to his wife, Abigail, and reads, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18029
Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). President Youlou and President John F. Kennedy are seated in the middle of the table (with an unidentified man crouching between them), and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is seated at the table third from the right with his back to the camera. The painting over the fireplace is an 1869 portrait of Abraham Lincoln by George P. A. Healy and was donated to the White House in 1939. The inscription in the green marble fireplace was commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and taken from a letter written by John Adams to his wife, Abigail, and reads, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19029
State dinner in honor of El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. Tables with floral arrangements. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19028
State dinner in honor of El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. Tables with floral arrangements. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19021
State dinner in honor of El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. Table with floral arrangement. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19173
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Tables with floral arrangements and place settings. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19172
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Tables with floral arrangements and place settings. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19170
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Floral arrangement in blue vase on pedestal. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19169
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Tables with floral arrangements and place settings. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19168
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Floral arrangement. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19167
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19166
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Floral arrangement. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19165
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Table with floral arrangement and place settings. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19164
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Tables with floral arrangements and place settings. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19163
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Tables with floral arrangements and place settings. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19162
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Floral arrangement. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19161
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Floral arrangement. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19160
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Table with floral arrangement. Portrait of General John Stark, painted by Samuel F.B. Morse, on wall. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19159
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Table with floral arrangement and place settings. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19158
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Table with floral arrangement and place settings. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19157
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Floral arrangement. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19156
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Floral arrangement on pedestal. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19155
Luncheon in honor of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19020
State dinner in honor of El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. Table with floral arrangement. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.