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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy sits behind a table with Washington Post photographer, Charles Del Vecchio, at the White House Correspondents and News Photographers Dinner. In front of President Kennedy is a silver replica of the inkstand used during the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The inkstand was made by William De Matteo, a silversmith at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Main ballroom, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy stands with guests at the White House Correspondents and News Photographers Dinner. Left to right: President of White House Correspondents' Association, William H. Y. Knighton, Jr.; unidentified; Manager of the Sheraton Park Hotel, George Johnson; President Kennedy; unidentified; Washington Post photographer, Charles Del Vecchio; unidentified. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.