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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (right) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center left) visit with members of the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) following their production of Aaron Copland’s ballet, “Billy the Kid,” performed as part of a dinner in honor of President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Cast and crew pictured include: ballet master, Fernand Nault; performers, Sallie Wilson, Richard Englund, Gage Bush, John Kriza, and Ruth Ann Koesun. Also pictured: White House Police officer, Inspector Kenneth M. Burke; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; U.S. State Department Interpreter, José de Seabra; White House doorman, Preston Bruce. Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.