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Former President Harry S. Truman plays piano at a dinner in his honor. Pianist Eugene List stands behind President Truman. Seated in the background are (L-R): President John F. Kennedy, Roberta Vinson (dark hair, white necklace), First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; unidentified color guard officer. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black; Elizabeth Black, wife of Justice Black (mostly hidden behind Vice President Johnson). Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; unidentified color guard officer. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Ethel Kennedy. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas (partially hidden); Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Dinner in honor of Habib Bourguiba, Sr., President of Tunisia. Standing on South Portico Balcony, facing South Lawn (L-R): President Bourguiba; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. White House, Washington, D.C.
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Dinner in honor of Habib Bourguiba, Sr., President of Tunisia. Standing on South Portico Balcony, facing South Lawn (L-R): President Bourguiba; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. White House, Washington, D.C.
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Dinner in honor of Habib Bourguiba, Sr., President of Tunisia. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson sit on South Portico Balcony, facing the South Lawn; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon, stands behind. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and guests stand in front of the Grand Staircase in the Entrance Hall of the White House at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Front Row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Johnson (hidden behind Mrs. Kennedy); Lady Bird Johnson; Speaker McCormack; Harriet McCormack, wife of Speaker McCormack; Chief Justice Warren; and Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren. Back Row (L-R): Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and guests stand in front of the Grand Staircase in the Entrance Hall of the White House at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Front Row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Johnson (hidden behind Mrs. Kennedy); Lady Bird Johnson; Speaker McCormack; Harriet McCormack, wife of Speaker McCormack; Chief Justice Warren; and Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren. Back Row (L-R): Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. Washington, D.C.
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Mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry greets Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff (right) and his wife Ruth Ribicoff following Ms. Bumbry's performance at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. President John F. Kennedy looks on from left; others in the audience include: Speaker McCormack; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Vice President Johnson; Harriet McCormack, wife of Speaker McCormack; Chief Justice Warren; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby; Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges; and Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (pointing toward the audience) walks with mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry across the East Room of the White House following Ms. Bumbry's performance at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (back to camera) stands with Lady Bird Johnson and Vice President Johnson (partially hidden) to the right of Ms. Bumbry. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy congratulate mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry (on stage) following Ms. Bumbry's performance at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Those looking on include: Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Speaker McCormack; Lady Bird Johnson; and Vice President Johnson. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Former President Harry S. Truman plays piano at a dinner in his honor. Pianist Eugene List stands behind President Truman. Seated, Front Row (L-R): Congressman Richard W. Bolling (Missouri), former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also included in the photograph are former Senator Scott W. Lucas (Illinois), Roberta Vinson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Presidential Adviser Clark M. Clifford. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (third from left) and Lady Bird Johnson visit with unidentified guests at a dinner in honor of Vice President Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Standing in the background at right are (L-R): Beryl Hastie, wife of Judge William H. Hastie; Judge Hastie; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency Robert C. Weaver; and Dr. Ella Haith Weaver, wife of Administrator Weaver (mostly hidden). Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) talks with Dr. Rosa Gragg, President of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, at a dinner honoring him, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (far left) and Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby (left of the door) stand in the background. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry following Ms. Bumbry's performance at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. (L-R) President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Mrs. Kennedy; Ms. Bumbry; Harriet McCormack, wife of Speaker McCormack; and Chief Justice Warren (facing away). East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (third from left) and Lady Bird Johnson visit with unidentified guests at a dinner in honor of Vice President Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Standing in the background at right are (L-R): Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Glenn T. Seaborg; Beryl Hastie, wife of Judge William H. Hastie (facing away); Judge Hastie (mostly hidden); and Dr. Ella Haith Weaver, wife of Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency Robert C. Weaver. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (far left), President John F. Kennedy (back to camera), and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy talk with mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry (back to camera) following Ms. Bumbry's performance at a dinner in honor of Vice President Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Harriet McCormack, wife of Speaker McCormack (facing the camera), and Chief Justice Warren (mostly hidden at edge of the image) stand to the right of Ms. Bumbry. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). (L-R) Unidentified man, Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn, President Youlou, an unidentified man, President John F. Kennedy, and an unidentified man. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is in the foreground on the right side of the photograph 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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Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). President Youlou is in the lower-left corner of the photograph with his back to the camera. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is across the table, and to the left of Vice President Johnson is Ambassador of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Emmanuel Damongo Dadet. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy stand with President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, and First Lady of the Republic of Ecuador, Gladys Peet de Arosemena, at the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C. President Arosemena Monroy and Mrs. Arosemena visited the White House to attend a luncheon in their honor. Left to right: Lady Bird Johnson (partially hidden on edge of frame); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Arosemena Monroy; President Kennedy; Mrs. Arosemena; Mrs. Kennedy; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, partially hidden); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke).
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President John F. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy stand with President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, and First Lady of the Republic of Ecuador, Gladys Peet de Arosemena, at the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C. President Arosemena Monroy and Mrs. Arosemena visited the White House to attend a luncheon in their honor. Left to right: Lady Bird Johnson (partially hidden on edge of frame); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Arosemena Monroy; President Kennedy; Mrs. Arosemena; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (in back); Mrs. Kennedy; Robin Chandler Duke (wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke).
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at center right) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Alabama. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): Publisher of the Montgomery Journal and Advertiser News, Carmage Walls; Executive Editor of the Florence Times and Tri-Cities Daily, Louis A. Eckl; Editor of the Valley Voice, Charles Grainger; Publisher of the Birmingham Sun and Member of the Alabama Press Association, Arthur Cook; Publisher of the Cullman Times-Democrat, Robert Bryan; Editor of the Lee County Bulletin, Neil O. Davis; Publisher of the Anniston Star, H. M. Ayers; Washington correspondent and son of H. M. Ayers, H. Brandt Ayers; Publisher of the Foley Onlooker and Second Vice President of Alabama Press Association, E. M. Howell; Publisher of the Greenville Advocate and Board Chairman of the Alabama Press Association, Glenn Stanley; President and Publisher of the Northwest Alabamian, Jay Thornton; President and Publisher of the Tuscaloosa News and First Vice President of the Alabama Press Association, Buford Boone; President and Publisher of the Birmingham News, C. B. Hanson, Jr.; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Publisher of the Gadsden Times, Frank Helderman; Publisher and Editor of the Decatur Daily, Barrett C. Shelton, Sr.; Editor of the Montgomery Advertiser, Grover Hall, Jr. (not visible); Editor of the Alabama Journal, C. M. Stanley; President of the Birmingham Post-Herald, James Mills; President and Publisher of the Dothan Eagle and President and Publisher of the Troy Messenger, Ralph Nicholson; President and Publisher of the Mobile Register and Press, R. B. Chandler; President of the Talladega Home, J. L. Wallis; President of the Selma Times-Journal, Frank Ford; Publisher of the Jasper Mountain Eagle, Richard Dowis; Editor of the Huntsville Times, Leroy Simms; President of the Opelika News, W. C. Wear, Jr.; and President of the Alabama Press Association and Publisher of the Tallassee Tribune, Herve Charest, Jr. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at center left) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Alabama. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): Publisher of the Montgomery Journal and Advertiser News, Carmage Walls; Executive Editor of the Florence Times and Tri-Cities Daily, Louis A. Eckl; Editor of the Valley Voice, Charles Grainger; Publisher of the Birmingham Sun and Member of the Alabama Press Association, Arthur Cook; Publisher of the Cullman Times-Democrat, Robert Bryan; Editor of the Lee County Bulletin, Neil O. Davis; Publisher of the Anniston Star, H. M. Ayers; Washington correspondent and son of H. M. Ayers, H. Brandt Ayers; Publisher of the Foley Onlooker and Second Vice President of Alabama Press Association, E. M. Howell; Publisher of the Greenville Advocate and Board Chairman of the Alabama Press Association, Glenn Stanley; President and Publisher of the Northwest Alabamian, Jay Thornton; President and Publisher of the Tuscaloosa News and First Vice President of the Alabama Press Association, Buford Boone; President and Publisher of the Birmingham News, C. B. Hanson, Jr.; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Publisher of the Gadsden Times, Frank Helderman; Publisher and Editor of the Decatur Daily, Barrett C. Shelton, Sr.; Editor of the Montgomery Advertiser, Grover Hall, Jr.; Editor of the Alabama Journal, C. M. Stanley; President of the Birmingham Post-Herald, James Mills; President and Publisher of the Dothan Eagle and President and Publisher of the Troy Messenger, Ralph Nicholson; President and Publisher of the Mobile Register and Press, R. B. Chandler; President of the Talladega Home, J. L. Wallis; President of the Selma Times-Journal, Frank Ford; Publisher of the Jasper Mountain Eagle, Richard Dowis; Editor of the Huntsville Times, Leroy Simms; President of the Opelika News, W. C. Wear, Jr.; and President of the Alabama Press Association and Publisher of the Tallassee Tribune, Herve Charest, Jr. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (rear, center) attends a luncheon for labor leaders. Clockwise around outside of table (from bottom left): President of the Aluminum Workers International Union, Eddie R. Stahl; President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Arnold S. Zander; President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Max Greenberg; President of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America, Anthony J. DeAndrade; Director of the State and Local Bodies Department, AFL-CIO, Stanton Smith; President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Harry Boyer; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President of the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, Daniel E. Conway; President of the Brotherhood Railroad Signalmen of America, Jesse Clark; President of the Railway Employees Department, AFL-CIO, Michael Fox; President of the Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO, B. A. Gritta; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; President Kennedy; President of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America, John J. Murphy; Assistant to George Meany, Lane Kirkland; General President of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, Ed S. Miller; President of the International Woodworkers of America, A. F. Hartung; President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Joseph Davis; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, John E. Mara; President of the International Chemical Workers Union, Walter L. Mitchell; President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Charles Luna; President of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons’ International Association of the United States and Canada, Edward J. Leonard; President of the Textile Workers Union of America, William Pollock; and Executive Vice President of the American Newspaper Guild, William J. Farson. Clockwise around inside of table (from near corner): President of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, August Scholle; President of the United Glass and Ceramic Workers of North America, Ralph Reiser; President of the American Federation of Government Employees, John F. Griner; President of the Milwaukee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Jake Friedrick; President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Jerome Keating; President of the Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Reuben G. Soderstrom; President of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, Harold C. Crotty; Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, W. J. Bassett; President of the Missouri State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, John I. Rollings; President of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, John M. Elliott; President of the United Transport Service Employees of America, Eugene E. Frazier; and President of the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, Miles C. Stanley. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.