Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Those looking on include: Representative Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (Maryland); Representative Roman C. Pucinski of Illinois (face obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Milt Wilhite. Washington, D.C.