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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-17-62
President John F. Kennedy (left) attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); member of the House Office Building Commission, Representative Carl Vinson (Georgia); Representative E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Clark W. Thompson (Texas); Representative Winfield K. Denton (Indiana); Representative Homer Thornberry (Texas); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); White House Secret Service agent, Milt Wilhite. Washington, D.C.