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Arts Advisors in the Kennedy White House - Photo 1
- Date of Work
- March 8, 1962
- Credit
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
Arts Advisors in the Kennedy White House - Photo 1
Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., left, oversees the swearing in of August Heckscher as Special Consultant on the Arts on March 8, 1962.
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