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White House Photographs
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Presentation of the new White House guide book to President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy by members of the National Geographic Society (NGS) and the White House Historical Association (WHHA); "The White House: An Historic Guide," a joint publication of the NGS and the WHHA, was printed by Judd & Detweiler, Inc. Left to right: Ann Mehl of the WHHA; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and member of the Board of Directors of the WHHA, Dr. Leonard Carmichael (shaking hands with President Kennedy); the President; Executive Vice President and Secretary of the NGS, Dr. Melvin M. Payne (mostly hidden); Assistant Director for the National Capital Region of the National Parks Service and Administrative Officer of the WHHA, Nash Castro; Director for the National Capital Region of the National Parks Service and Executive Secretary of the WHHA, T. Sutton Jett; White House Curator, Lorraine Waxman Pearce; Assistant Illustrations Editor for the NGS, Robert L. Breeden (shaking hands with Mrs. Kennedy); Executive Assistant to the President and Editor of the NGS, Herman J. A. C. Arens; the First Lady; Howard Wayne Warner, of Judd & Detweiler, Inc. (partially hidden); First Lady's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige (face obscured). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.