Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-224-8-62
President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, exit the East Room following a production of Aaron Copland’s ballet, “Billy the Kid,” performed by the American Ballet Theatre as part of a dinner in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy; President Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Social Secretary to Mrs. Kennedy, Letitia Baldrige (back to camera). Also pictured: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in shadow behind Mrs. Houphouët-Boigny); Robin Chandler Duke. An unidentified social aide stands at right. East Room, White House, Washington D.C.