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Arts Advisors in the Kennedy White House - Photo 2
- Date of Work
- November 29, 1962
- Credit
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
Arts Advisors in the Kennedy White House - Photo 2
President John F. Kennedy at a fundraising event for the National Cultural Center, known today as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on November 29, 1962, at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.
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