Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival. Crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue; the White House is visible in the background. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Bert de Freese, Bill Payne, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Washington, D.C.