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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-05-A
AR18, KN14
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20897
President John F. Kennedy talks with the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Congressman Harris B. McDowell, Jr. of Delaware (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs; Mabel M. Smythe, Principal of New Lincoln High School, New York City; President Kennedy; James R. Fleming, publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette; and Congressman John J. Rooney (New York). Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (far right) and Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (far left) sit in the foreground.
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Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20895
President John F. Kennedy meets with the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs; unidentified; Mabel M. Smythe, Principal of New Lincoln High School, New York City; Dr. Luther H. Foster, President of Tuskegee Institute; President Kennedy; Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (in back, partially hidden); Dr. John W. Gardner, Chairman of the Commission and President of the Carnegie Corporation; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); James R. Fleming, publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette; Congressman Frank T. Bow (Ohio); Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor of University of California, Los Angeles; and Congressman Wayne L. Hays (Ohio). Also present: Walter Adams, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, and Walter Johnson, Chairman of the Department of History at the University of Chicago.
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Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20896
President John F. Kennedy talks with the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Congressman Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs; Mabel M. Smythe, Principal of New Lincoln High School, New York City; President Kennedy; James R. Fleming, publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette; and Congressman John J. Rooney (New York). Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (gesturing with his right hand) sits in the foreground at left. [Blemish across bottom portion of image is original to the negative].
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20894
President John F. Kennedy meets with the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs (facing away); two unidentified; Mabel M. Smythe, Principal of New Lincoln High School, New York City; Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); Dr. Luther H. Foster, President of Tuskegee Institute; President Kennedy; Dr. John W. Gardner, Chairman of the Commission and President of the Carnegie Corporation; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); James R. Fleming, publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette; Congressman Frank T. Bow (Ohio); and Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor of University of California, Los Angeles. Also present: Walter Adams, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, and Walter Johnson, Chairman of the Department of History at the University of Chicago.
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Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7149-B
President John F. Kennedy talks with the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. (Clockwise from top): Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, President of the University of Notre Dame; Congressman Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs; Mabel M. Smythe, Principal of New Lincoln High School, New York City; President Kennedy; James R. Fleming, publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette; Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); two unidentified; Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (back to camera); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); unidentified; Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor of University of California, Los Angeles; unidentified; Dr. John W. Gardner, Chairman of the Commission and President of the Carnegie Corporation; unidentified; Roy E. Larsen, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Time, Inc.; and Dr. Luther H. Foster, President of Tuskegee Institute. Also present at the meeting are: Walter Adams, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University; Congressman Frank T. Bow (Ohio); Congressman Wayne L. Hays (Ohio); Walter Johnson, Chairman of the Department of History at the University of Chicago; and Senator Karl E. Mundt (South Dakota).
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Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7149-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Congressman Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs; unidentified (in back); Mabel M. Smythe, Principal of New Lincoln High School, New York City; Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, President of the University of Notre Dame (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified; President Kennedy; Dr. Luther H. Foster, President of Tuskegee Institute; Dr. John W. Gardner, Chairman of the Commission and President of the Carnegie Corporation; Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (in back, mostly hidden); James R. Fleming, publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, facing away); Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor of University of California, Los Angeles; Senator Karl E. Mundt (South Dakota); Congressman Wayne L. Hays (Ohio); Congressman Frank T. Bow of Ohio (in back, mostly hidden); and Congressman John J. Rooney of New York (facing away). Also present: Walter Adams, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, and Walter Johnson, Chairman of the Department of History at the University of Chicago.
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