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President John F. Kennedy (rear, center) attends a luncheon for labor leaders. Clockwise around outside of table (from bottom left): President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, William D. Buck; President of the United Shoe Workers of America, George Fecteau; President of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, George Burdon; President of the New York State AFL-CIO, Raymond R. Corbett; Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, William Simkin; Secretary-Treasurer of the St. Louis Labor Council, Oscar A. Ehrhardt; President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Gordon Freeman; President of the United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers, Ralph Helstein; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President of the Building Service Employees International Union, David Sullivan; President of the Louisiana AFL-CIO, Victor Bussie; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; President Kennedy; President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, H. E. Gilbert; President of the International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Carl W. Griepentrog; President of the United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers International Union, Felix C. Jones; President of the United Textile Workers of America, George Baldanzi; Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Kentucky AFL-CIO, Sam Ezelle; President of the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO, W. F. Strong; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations, James Reynolds; President of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, Alex Rose; Director of the Department of Legislation, AFL-CIO, Andrew Biemiller; President of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, John H. Lyons, Jr.; President of the United Federation of Postal Clerks, E. C. Hallbeck; and President of the International Typographical Union, Elmer Brown. Clockwise around inside of table (from near corner): President of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Russell K. Berg; President of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, John J. Grogan; Secretary-Treasurer of the Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Joseph Lewis; President of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, G. E. Leighty; Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, Thomas L. Pitts; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of the Texas AFL-CIO, H. S. Hank Brown; President of the Office Employees International Union, Howard Coughlin; President of the Greater Washington Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, J. C. Turner; President of the Utility Workers Union of America, William. J. Pachler; President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, C. J. Haggerty; and President of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Harry Van Arsdale. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. President Truman (left) stands with pianist Eugene List (right). Seated, First Row (L-R): Former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and an unidentified woman. Second Row (L-R): Former Senator Scott W. Lucas (Illinois), an unidentified woman, Roberta Vinson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell. Also included in the photograph is Presidential Adviser Clark M. Clifford (to the right of Vice President Johnson’s head). East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-251-3-61
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy stands with President Truman and pianist Eugene List. Seated, Front Row (L-R): Congressman Richard W. Bolling (Missouri), former First Lady Bess Truman, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and an unidentified woman. Also included in the photograph are Margaret Truman Daniel (between Congressman Bolling and Mrs. Truman), Lady Bird Johnson (to the left of Vice President Johnson’s head), Clifton Daniel, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell (both to the right of Vice President Johnson). East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-251-12-61
Former President Harry S. Truman plays piano at a dinner in his honor. Pianist Eugene List stands behind President Truman. Seated, First Row (L-R): Congressman Richard W. Bolling of Missouri (partially hidden), former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (partially hidden behind President Truman), and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also included in the photograph are Margaret Truman Daniel, former Senator Scott W. Lucas (Illinois), Roberta Vinson, and Lady Bird Johnson. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Former President Harry S. Truman plays piano at a dinner in his honor. Pianist Eugene List stands behind President Truman. Seated, First Row (L-R): Congressman Richard W. Bolling of Missouri (partially hidden), former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also included in the photograph are Margaret Truman Daniel, former Secretary of State and advisor to President Kennedy Dean Acheson, former Senator Scott W. Lucas (Illinois), Roberta Vinson, Presidential Adviser Clark M. Clifford, and Lady Bird Johnson. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-251-10A-61
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. President Truman (left) standing with pianist Eugene List (right). Seated, First Row (L-R): Congressman Richard W. Bolling (Missouri), former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and an unidentified woman. Second Row (L-R): Margaret Truman Daniel, an unidentified man and woman, Roberta Vinson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell. Also included in the photograph are Presidential Adviser Clark M. Clifford (to the right of Vice President Johnson’s head) and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (standing in the back). East Room, White House, Washington, D.C
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White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black; Elizabeth Black, wife of Justice Black (partially hidden behind Vice President Johnson). Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. President John F. Kennedy (at left) addresses the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. Front row of attendees facing camera, L-R: Berta Alvarado Puerto (directly behind lectern); Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer; Ambassador of Costa Rica, Manuel G. Escalante; Mrs. Manuel G. Escalante. Photographers, reporters, and other members of the audience unidentified. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. President John F. Kennedy (at left) addresses the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. Front row of section at right, L-R: Foreign Minister of Honduras, Dr. Andrés Alvarado Puerto; Berta Alvarado Puerto; Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer; Ambassador of Costa Rica, Manuel G. Escalante; Mrs. Manuel G. Escalante. Also pictured: Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Under Secretary of State, Chester Bowles. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Front row, L-R: Foreign Minister of Honduras, Dr. Andrés Alvarado Puerto; Berta Alvarado Puerto; Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer; Ambassador of Costa Rica, Manuel G. Escalante; Mrs. Manuel G. Escalante. Also pictured: Under Secretary of State, Chester Bowles; Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Special Assistant to the President, Arthur Schlesinger; Senator George Smathers (Florida); Edward R. Murrow. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Berta Alvarado Puerto; Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others arrive at a dinner in honor of Minister of State for Cultural Affairs of France, André Malraux. Left to right: French Ambassador to the United States, Hervé Alphand (on edge of frame); wife of the ambassador, Nicole Alphand (in shadow); Minister Malraux; wife of the minister, pianist Madeleine Malraux; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back, mostly hidden); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Lady Bird Johnson (mostly hidden); President Kennedy. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others attend a state dinner in honor of President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Front row (L-R): US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in front of candelabra); Minister of External Affairs of India, Lakshmi N. Menon; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Radhakrishnan; President Kennedy. Middle rows (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Kitty Galbraith (wife of US Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith); Shobha “Fori” Nehru (wife of Indian Ambassador to the United States, B. K. Nehru); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of Ambassador Duke); Ambassador Nehru; Ambassador Galbraith. Top row (L-R): Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind unidentified man); unidentified man standing in doorway. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, descend the Grand Staircase to the Entrance Hall. Behind them (L-R) are Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President General Godfrey McHugh; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden); Dean Rusk's wife Virginia Rusk.
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Reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy descend the Grand Staircase to the Entrance Hall. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson follow.
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Reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, descend the Grand Staircase to the Entrance Hall. Behind them (L-R) are Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; Secretary of State Dean Rusk and wife Virginia Rusk; Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President General Godfrey McHugh.
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Reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy descend the Grand Staircase to the Entrance Hall. Behind them (L-R) are Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk (partially hidden); Lady Bird Johnson; Dean Rusk's wife Virginia Rusk; Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; unidentified woman; two unidentified men. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; unidentified woman with back to camera; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (behind unidentified woman); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Unidentified woman with back to camera; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson (behind unidentified woman); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; unidentified man; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified woman; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind unidentified woman); unidentified man. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, descend the Grand Staircase to the Entrance Hall. Behind them (L-R) are Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (partially hidden); Air Force Aide to the President General Godfrey McHugh (partially hidden); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Dean Rusk's wife Virginia Rusk.
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The guests of honor stand together before the start of the First Inaugural Salute to the President Dinner. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Office of the Managing Director of the Armory (Arthur Bergman), National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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The guests of honor stand together before the start of the First Inaugural Salute to the President Dinner. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Office of the Managing Director of the Armory (Arthur Bergman), National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.