Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-16-62
President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Representative Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., of Maryland looks on (partially hidden behind President Kennedy). Washington, D.C.