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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-216-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s toast to King of Afghanistan Mohammed Zahir Shah during a dinner held in the State Dining Room of the White House.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-05-E
AR40, KN39
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8096-K
President John F. Kennedy stands with King of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ẓāhir Shāh (right), upon the King’s arrival at the White House for a dinner in his honor. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8096-J
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with King of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ẓāhir Shāh (right), upon the King’s arrival at the White House for a dinner in his honor. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stands in center. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-007
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Nancy Tuckerman, Social Secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Topics include protocol for presidential gift procedures, the state dinner and gifts for Afghanistan, and a response letter to requests for Pushinka's puppies.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-001-001
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-024-013
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-024-012
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29840
President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner in honor of King Mohammad Ẓāhir Shāh and Queen Humaira Begum of Afghanistan. Standing in foreground (L-R): President Kennedy’s sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; King Ẓāhir; Queen Humaira; President Kennedy. Also pictured (standing on the Grand Staircase): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden); unidentified Afghan official; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29838
President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner in honor of King Mohammad Ẓāhir Shāh and Queen Humaira Begum of Afghanistan. Standing in front of the Grand Staircase (L-R): President Kennedy’s sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; King Ẓāhir; Queen Humaira; President Kennedy. Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8096-L
President John F. Kennedy and King of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ẓāhir Shāh (left), descend the Grand Staircase of the White House prior to a dinner in the King’s honor. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stands at right (back to camera). Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.