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Formal Events at the White House

Historical gatherings with dignitaries at the White House, featuring elegant attire and formal settings in a classic decor style.

1961, London - President and Mrs. Kennedy pose with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip before the Queen's dinner honoring the Kennedys at Buckingham Palace during the President's 1961 visit, London, England, 1961. (Photo by GG Vintage Images)
1961, London - President and Mrs. Kennedy pose with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip before the Queen's dinner honoring the Kennedys at Buckingham Palace during the President's 1961 visit, London, England, 1961. (Photo by GG Vintage Images)
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State Funeral of President Kennedy: White House, post funeral Reception. Guests attend a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Those pictured include: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, Neftalí Ponce-Miranda; President of the Senate of Australia, Sir Alister McMullin; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Julia Ann Shepard; Deputy First Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs of Indonesia, General Abdul Haris Nasution; President of Indonesia, Ahmed Sukarno; Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen; Ambassador of the Ivory Coast, Konan Bédié; Prince Gholam-Reza Pahlavi of Iran; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, Anastas Mikoyan; Prime Minister of Great B
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Anefo photo collection. Throne change April 30: Meeting abdication palace Dam Square; Claus, Queen Beatrix, Princess Juliana Prince Bernhard. April 30, 1980
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy, holding Caroline Kennedy's hand, and U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, holding John F. Kennedy, Jr., departing Kennedy family home for church on Easter Sunday, Palm Beach, Florida, USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, April 22, 1962
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Arrival ceremony for Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during an arrival ceremony in honor of Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. Left to right: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (far left edge of frame); two unidentified Ethiopian officials; Emperor Selassie; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back, partially hidden); Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; Robin Chandler Duke (below platform, obscured by rope). Union Station, Washington, D.C.
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Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag; Queen Beatrix Prince Claus arrival Palace Lange Voorhout. September 20, 1983
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy standing with President of Italy, Antonio Segni (left), and wife, Laura Segni at dinner given in his honor, Quirinale Palace, Rome, Italy, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, July 1, 1963
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Visit of Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan, Newport, Rhode Island. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with President of Pakistan, Muhammad Ayub Khan, at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island. Left to right (in foreground): President Ayub Khan; Ambassador of Pakistan, Aziz Ahmed; Mrs. Kennedy; President Kennedy. Also pictured: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Phillips Talbot; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Walter P. McConaughy; Secretary of Information in the Ministry of Education and Information of Pakistan, Qudratullāh Shahāb; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (JBK) at White House Christmas Tree, 5:30PM. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand in front of Christmas tree in the Blue Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, stands in doorway at right.
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U.S. President Richard Nixon and India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during a White House Arrival Ceremony, Washington, D.C., USA, White House Photo Office, November 4, 1971
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MARIA CALLAS (1923-1977) SOPRANO ESTADOUNIDENSE DE ORIGEN GRIEGO.
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan arriving at the Kennedy Center Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 20, 1981
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DUQUESA DE ALBA , CAYETANA DE ALBA. ARISTOCRATA ESPAÑOLA. FOTO AÑO 1996 CON SU ESPOSO JESUS AGUIRRE.
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July 28, 1990, Lima, Peru. Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori celebrates his first day in office as the newly elected head of Peru as well as his birthday at a ceremony in the Plaza de Armas or main square of Lima. On April 7, 2009, Fujimori was convicted of human rights violations and sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in killings and kidnappings by the Grupo Colina death squad during his government's battle against leftist guerrillas in the 1990s. The verdict delivered by a three-judge panel marked the first time that an elected head of state has been extradited back to his home country, tried, and convicted of human rights violations.
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President Kennedy views the Marine Corps Evening Parade, at the Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. (8th I Streets, SE), 9:00PM. President John F. Kennedy attends an evening parade at the Marine Barracks (8th I) in Washington, D.C. Left to right: Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia (mostly out of frame); President Kennedy; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Zola Shoup; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia).
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CELA , CAMILO JOSE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. PADRON 1916 - 2001. EN LA CEREMONIA DE ENTREGA DE LOS PREMIOS NOBEL EN ESTOCOLMO , AÑO 1989. JUNTO A LA INFANTA CRISTINA DE BORBON.
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Kalyin Chapman at Press Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey
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RVD / Royal House photo collection. Baptism Prince Willem-Alexander. Official photo in Palace Huis ten Bosch. At the front of v.l.n.r. B. Jenquel, Sigrid Jenquel-von Amsberg, Prins Henrik and Princess Margethe van Denmark. Mw. Gösta von Amsberg, Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus with the dopeling, Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, Princess Armgard, Princess Irene and Prince Carel Hugo. Rear: v.l.n.r Dr. P. Ahrens and Rixa Ahrens-von Amsberg, MW. Del Court van Krimpen-van Loon, Christina von Amsberg, Princess Christina, Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven and Princess Margriet, Graaf and Ferdinand and Gravin Elisabeth von Bismarck, MW. H. Zijlstra-Bloksma and Dr. J. Zijlstra. undated. The Hague, South Holland
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President-elect George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush, President-elect J. Danforth Quayle and Marilyn Quayle attend the National Cathedral in honor of George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Arrival ceremony for Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of the Ivory Coast, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand with President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, upon their arrival at Washington National Airport. In foreground (L-R): Mrs. Kennedy; Mrs. Houphouët-Boigny; President Houphouët-Boigny; President Kennedy (holding a hat). In background (L-R): U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman (HST), 8:00PM. Former President Harry S. Truman plays piano at a dinner in his honor. Pianist Eugene List stands behind President Truman. Seated in the background are (L-R): President John F. Kennedy, Roberta Vinson (dark hair, white necklace), First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Madrid, 03/30/1998. His Majesty King Juan Carlos receives Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela in audience at the Zarzuela Palace.
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Arrival ceremonies for the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers welcoming remarks to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; the Shahanshah; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (in back) stands right of the platform. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua
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U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. First Lady Pat Nixon walk with Chinese Delegation into an Airport Terminal at Hang Chiao airport upon arrival at Shanghai, China, White House Photo Office, February 27, 1972
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After the official opening, HKH Princess Beatrix looks at the expansion of the National War and Resistance Museum in Overloon in 1977.
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Halloween Visitors to the Oval Office. Caroline Kennedy, President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr. White House, Oval Office, 10/31/1963.
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Trip to Mexico: Luncheon in honor of Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico, 2:00PM. President John F. Kennedy exchanges a toast with President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, at a luncheon in honor of President López Mateos and First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos. At table (L-R): U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann (at left edge of frame); Adela Rodríguez de Guzmán Neyra; President of the Permanent Commission of the Mexican Congress, Rómulo Sánchez Mireles; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President López Mateos; President Kennedy; Mrs. López Mateos; President of the Supreme Court of Mexico, Alfonso Guzmán Neyra. Hotel María Isabel, Mexico City, Mexico.
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November 1992. The counts of Montarco, Charo Palacios and her husband, Eduardo de Rojas.
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Trip to Mexico: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (JBK) visits the National Institute of Anthropology History. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy tours the Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History) in Mexico City, Mexico. Subdirector of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Dr. Ignacio Bernal, stands left of Mrs. Kennedy.
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JUAN CARLOS I. REY DE ESPAÑA . ROMA 1938-. VIAJE A ANDALUCIA EN EL AÑO 1976. FIRMANDO EN EL LIBRO DE HONOR DEL MONASTERIO DE LA RABIDA . HUELVA.
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Anefo photo collection. State visit Indonesia. Queen Juliana and President Suharto in the merdekapaleis in Jakarta. August 26, 1971. Indonesia, Jakarta
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Dinner in honor of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, 8:00PM. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (far left), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, and President John F. Kennedy (back center) greet members of the Jerome Robbins Ballets: USA dance company following the companys performance at a dinner in honor of the Shahanshah and the Empress. Choreographer Jerome Robbins (far left, face obscured) speaks with Mrs. Kennedy. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Retired AGEN Omar Bradley is brought onto the ballroom floor at the Kennedy Center by his aide as actor James Stewart speaks to the audience at a celebration on Inauguration Day. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Trip to Mexico: Luncheon in honor of Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico, 2:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a luncheon in honor of President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos. At table (L-R): President of the Permanent Commission of the Mexican Congress, Rómulo Sánchez Mireles; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President López Mateos; President Kennedy; Mrs. López Mateos (mostly hidden behind flowers); President of the Supreme Court of Mexico, Alfonso Guzmán Neyra; Mrs. Rómulo Sánchez Mireles (at right edge of frame). Hotel María Isabel, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Anefo photo collection. State visit Indonesia. The royal couple with president and Mrs. Suharto prior to the state dinner in the merdekapaleis in Jakarta. August 26, 1971. Indonesia, Jakarta
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Trip to Mexico: Tour of the National Institute of Anthropology and History, 4:55PM. President John F. Kennedy (third from left) tours the Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History) in Mexico City, Mexico. Also pictured: Director of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Dr. Eusebio Dávalos Hurtado; Chief of the Cultural Department at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Joaquín Cortina Goribar; General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. Jerry Behn.
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Trip to Mexico: Luncheon in honor of Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico, 2:00PM. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend a luncheon in honor of President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos. At table (L-R): U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann; Adela Rodríguez de Guzmán Neyra; President of the Permanent Commission of the Mexican Congress, Rómulo Sánchez Mireles; Mrs. Kennedy; President López Mateos; President Kennedy; Mrs. López Mateos (mostly hidden behind flowers); President of the Supreme Court of Mexico, Alfonso Guzmán Neyra. Hotel María Isabel, Mexico City, Mexico.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (JBK) and Caroline Kennedy (CBK) depart the White House via helicopter, 3:42PM. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Caroline Kennedy depart the White House for Glen Ora in Middleburg, Virginia. President John F. Kennedy carries his daughter Caroline across a cleared path on the snow-covered South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. rnrn