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President John F. Kennedy laughs with visitors presenting gifts, including a plaque displaying a presidential medal designed by Ralph J. Menconi for Presidential Art Medals, Inc., of Englewood, Ohio. Left to right: two unidentified men (one holding plaque); President Kennedy; Governor of Ohio and co-founder of Presidential Art Medals, Inc., Michael V. DiSalle. Unidentified men include: President and co-founder of Presidential Art Medals, Max Humbert; Clark Keysor. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.432, “John F. Kennedy Medallion Plaque”]
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President John F. Kennedy and Stan Musial (center), Major League Baseball (MLB) player for the St. Louis Cardinals, look at an autographed photograph President Kennedy presented to Mr. Musial during a visit in the Oval Office. Mr. Musial's wife, Lillian Musial, and daughter, Janet Musial, look on from right. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends the dedication of a newly-installed mantel in the State Dining Room; the mantel was a gift of both the architecture firm Steinmann, Cain & White and the Marble Industry Board of New York. Left to right: stone cutters, Guido Ratti and Alex Salvioli; President Kennedy; Alice Roosevelt Longworth; honorary chairman of the Fine Arts Committee, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; John J. Powers, of the Marble Industry Board of New York; Edwin B. Olsen and Walker O. Cain, of the architecture firm Steinmann, Cain & White; Malcolm Cohen, of the Marble Industry Board of New York. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with members of a goodwill mission from Dahomey; the mission presented gifts to President Kennedy on behalf of President of Dahomey, Hubert Maga. Ambassador of Dahomey and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Louis Ignacio-Pinto, stands at far right. Also pictured: Minister of State for Civil Service of Dahomey, Oke Assogba; Minister of Education and Culture of Dahomey, Michel Ahouanmenou; Deputy to the National Assembly of Dahomey, Issaka Dangou. Gifts pictured: brass sculpture of a royal procession and a wall hanging (draped over chair in center). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.4075.1, "Applique Wall Hanging"]
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President John F. Kennedy visits with members of a goodwill mission from Dahomey; President Kennedy views the book, "Terre Dahoméenne," presented to him as a gift by the mission on behalf of President of Dahomey, Hubert Maga. Ambassador of Dahomey and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Louis Ignacio-Pinto, stands second from left; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn, stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Minister of State for Civil Service of Dahomey, Oke Assogba; Minister of Education and Culture of Dahomey, Michel Ahouanmenou; Deputy to the National Assembly of Dahomey, Issaka Dangou. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.538, "Terre Dahomeenne"]
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A group presents President John F. Kennedy with two sets of newly-published The Papers of James Madison (Volumes One and Two) – one set for the President, and the other for the White House library. Visitors include: Historian William T. Hutchinson; William M.E. Rachal, editor of the Madison papers; Irving Brant, member of the Madison Papers project advisory board; Robert L. Scribner, member of the Madison Papers project editorial staff; Roger W. Shugg, publisher of the Madison papers. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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A group presents President John F. Kennedy with two sets of newly-published The Papers of James Madison (Volumes One and Two) – one set for the President, and the other for the White House library. Visitors include: Historian William T. Hutchinson; William M.E. Rachal, editor of the Madison papers; Irving Brant, member of the Madison Papers project advisory board; Robert L. Scribner, member of the Madison Papers project editorial staff; Roger W. Shugg, publisher of the Madison papers. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives from B’nai B’rith; the visitors presented President Kennedy with a silver wall plaque depicting traditional symbols of Judaism. Left to right: honorary president of B’nai B’rith, Frank Goldman; President of B’nai B’rith, Label Katz; President Kennedy; President of B’nai B’rith Women, Berdie Kudler; Executive Vice President of B’nai B’rith, Maurice Bisgyer. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.5779, “B'nai B'rith Plaque”]
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President John F. Kennedy (center) receives a gift of an American Automobile Association (AAA) medal from President of the AAA Traffic Safety Foundation, Judge Clarence E. Bodie, during the AAA Lifesaving Awards ceremony; five members of the organization’s School Safety Patrol received the award. Those pictured include: award recipients Patricia Miller (of Hereford, Pennsylvania) and Wesley Haines (of Dayton, Ohio); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Representative Paul F. Schenck (Ohio); AAA School Traffic Safety Poster contest winner, Carol Mieczynski (of Manville, Rhode Island); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen (in Washington for a state visit); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Norway, Hans Engen; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht; Associate Manager of the AAA Pedestrian and School Safety Division, Walter E. Morris. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.] [See also MO 63.792, “AAA School Safety Patrol Lifesaver Medal”]
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President John F. Kennedy accepts a portrait of himself painted by a Polish artist and presented by Bincyzk Pulaska in the Fish Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Those looking on include Congressman Daniel J. Flood of Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy accepts a portrait of himself painted by a Polish artist and presented by Bincyzk Pulaska in the Fish Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Those looking on include Congressman Daniel J. Flood of Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with his nephew, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; RFK, Jr., presented his uncle with a salamander, "Shadrach." Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with his nephew, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; RFK, Jr., presented his uncle with a salamander, "Shadrach." Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with broadcasting executives in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: President Kennedy; J. Leonard Reinsch, of Cox Broadcasting Stations; CBS Executive, Richard Salant; Chairman of Corinthian Broadcasting Co., Wrede Petersmeyer. On behalf of the Radio and Television Executives Society Inc., Reinsch presented President Kennedy with a gold Radio and Television Executives Society Medal, in response to President Kennedy’s innovation of holding live, televised press conferences. [See also MO 63.1783, "The Radio and Television Executives Society Medal"]
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President John F. Kennedy visits with 4-H Club Members in connection with National 4-H Club Week. The winners, selected for their outstanding achievements in club work, presented the President with a gold-plated paperweight bearing the 4-H emblem. L-R: William Platt III (Gainesville, Florida); one unidentified girl; Robert Barr (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); President Kennedy; Joyce Finnell (Cleveland, Tennessee); Howard Werkheiser (Kewanee, Illinois); one unidentified girl; Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.