Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-452-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (left, standing on stairs) speaks to members of an Irish exporting group, who visited the United States as part of a promotion sponsored by the Lord & Taylor department store. Export and fashion industry representatives listed in President Kennedy's schedule include: Irish Minister for Industry and Commerce, Jack Lynch, and his wife Máirín Lynch; Chairman of the Irish Export Board, William Walsh, and his wife, Phyllis Walsh; and designers Sybil Connolly, Kay Peterson, Donald and Mary Davies, Jack Clarke, and Elizabeth James of Cork. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.