Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C420-88-63
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (partially hidden) arrive at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. Walking behind: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Governor of Texas, John B. Connally, Jr.; Nellie Connally. Also pictured: Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Jack Ready, Roy Kellerman, Rufus Youngblood, Ernie Olsson, Dick Johnsen, and Ron Pontius.
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