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JFKWHP-KN-C29435
President John F. Kennedy (right, facing away) leaves Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland, following a welcoming ceremony in his honor; Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass (center), stands behind President Kennedy; all others are unidentified. A statue of Irish author, Pádraic Ó Conaire (sculpted by Albert Power), is at left.
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Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). (L-R) President Youlou, unidentified man, President John F. Kennedy. 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). (L-R) President Youlou, unidentified man, President John F. Kennedy. 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 and President John F. Kennedy are seated in the middle of the table (with an unidentified man crouching between them), and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is seated at the table third from the right 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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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, background) listens to a performance of Khyber Rifles bagpipers at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess at Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Also pictured: Secret Service agent, Clint Hill; Assistant White House Press Secretary, Jay W. Gildner.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, background) listens to a performance of Khyber Rifles bagpipers at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess at Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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American Shakespeare Festival Theatre of Stratford, Connecticut performs at state dinner in honor of El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. Actors Franklin Cover and Margaret Phillips rehearse a scene from Macbeth. Reporters and photographers. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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American Shakespeare Festival Theatre of Stratford, Connecticut performs at state dinner in honor of El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. (L – R): Julian Miller; Hiram Sherman; Ted van Griethuysen; Carrie Nye; Margaret Phillips; Franklin Cover; Donald Davis. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Luncheon in honor of President of Chile, Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez; members of the United States Marine Band sit in the Entrance Hall of the White House, Washington, D.C. A portrait of former President Benjamin Harrison, painted by Eastman Johnson, hangs on wall in background.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, and President John F. Kennedy (right) greet members of the Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA dance company following the company's performance at a dinner in honor of the Shahanshah and the Empress. Dancer Jay Norman (second from left) stands onstage. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (far left), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, and President John F. Kennedy (back center) greet members of the Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA dance company following the company's performance at a dinner in honor of the Shahanshah and the Empress. Choreographer Jerome Robbins (far left, face obscured) speaks with Mrs. Kennedy. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, and President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden behind the Empress) greet members of the Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA dance company following the company's performance at a dinner in honor of the Shahanshah and the Empress. Choreographer Jerome Robbins (on far edge of image) and dancer Jay Norman (fourth from left) stand onstage. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, and President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden behind the Empress) greet members of the Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA dance company following the company's performance at a dinner in honor of the Shahanshah and the Empress. Choreographer Jerome Robbins stands onstage, left of Mrs. Kennedy. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, Dave Powers, and United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey, pose with members of the Bunratty Castle singers, dressed in medieval costume, at the Shannon Airport during President Kennedy's departure from Ireland. Back row (L-R): Una Kelly; Jacqueline Doyle; Special Assistant Powers; Bobby O'Brien; Joy de Burgh O'Brien; Ambassador McCloskey; Breda O'Donovan; Briget Fitzgerald; and the entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill (holding flowers). Front row (L-R): Mary McElligott (in blue and white dress) and harpist, Fionnuala O'Sullivan (in red and white dress). Two unidentified Gardaí (police) stand to the left of the group. Shannon, Ireland.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) listens to the Bunratty Castle singers before departing Ireland from Shannon Airport; President Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, stands on the President's left. Also pictured: Bunratty Castle singers Jacqueline Doyle, Breda O'Donovan, Una Kelly, Bobby O'Brien, and Briget Fitzgerald; entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill; Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (between the President and Mrs. Shriver); Mayor of Limerick, Frances Condell (mostly hidden, behind the President); and White House Secret Service Agents Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn and Bob Burke. The Irish Honour Guard stands in the background. Shannon, Ireland.
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President John F. Kennedy (top right), Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch from the upper platform as children from the Patrician Brothers Choir (bottom center) sing, accompanied by harpist Ruth Bradley, during a welcoming ceremony for the President at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland; a group of children from local dance schools sits at lower left. Also pictured (seated in the upper platform, beneath the Irish flag): United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey, and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass.
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President John F. Kennedy (top right), Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch from the upper platform as children from local schools (lower left) perform a traditional Irish dance, during a welcoming ceremony for the President at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland; children from the Patrician Brothers Choir (right of the dancers) sing, accompanied by harpist Ruth Bradley (seated, wearing red skirt). Also pictured (seated in the upper platform, beneath the Irish flag): United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey, and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass.
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President John F. Kennedy (top right), Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch from the upper platform as children from local schools (lower left) perform a traditional Irish dance, during a welcoming ceremony for the President at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland; children from the Patrician Brothers Choir stand right of the dancers, with harpist Ruth Bradley (seated, wearing red skirt). Also pictured (seated in the upper platform, beneath the Irish flag): United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey, and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass; White House Secret Service agent Paul A. Burns stands at bottom right.
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Bagpipers of the Khyber Rifles perform for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and others at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess at Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy presents the Children’s Art Carnival in the garden of the Prime Minister’s residence, Teen Murti Bhavan. New Delhi, India. Mrs. Kennedy stands at table with Indira Gandhi, daughter of Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru; Assistant White House Press Secretary, Jay W. Gildner, stands in background directly behind Mrs. Gandhi. The First Lady presented the art carnival to the children of India on behalf of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Asia Society.
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Guests at a dinner in honor of President Manuel Prado Ugarteche and First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru stand in the East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Opera singer Jerome Hines; opera singer Roberta Peters; President John F. Kennedy; President Prado; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Clorinda Málaga de Prado (facing away from camera); Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru.
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Guests at a dinner in honor of President Manuel Prado Ugarteche and First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru stand in the East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Opera singer Jerome Hines; opera singer Roberta Peters; unidentified; President Prado (facing away from camera); President John F. Kennedy (partially hidden); Clorinda Málaga de Prado; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Guests at a dinner in honor of President Manuel Prado Ugarteche and First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru stand in the East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Opera singer Jerome Hines; opera singer Roberta Peters; unidentified (partially hidden); Clorinda Málaga de Prado (facing away from camera); President John F. Kennedy (partially hidden); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly hidden); President Prado.
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Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). Seated at the table (L-R): President Youlou, President John F. Kennedy, and an unidentified man. 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. 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). (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.