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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy visits with sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski (right), at the dedication of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir, on the banks of the Missouri River, near Pierre, South Dakota; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall, stands in center. Mr. Ziolkowski presented President Kennedy with a carved mahogany sculpture of Chief Henry Standing Bear (sculpture not pictured). Also pictured: U.S. Senatorial candidate from South Dakota, George McGovern; Chief of Army Engineers, Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, John Campion, and Jerry Blaine. [See also MO 63.1550.1, "Sculpture of Chief Henry Standing Bear."]
