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President Kennedy and Thomas J. Kiernan

This photograph shows President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office with Irish Ambassador Thomas J. Kiernan. Kiernan is presenting Kennedy with a shamrock-filled Waterford crystal vase, which is etched with the portrait of James Hoban. Hoban was the architect of the White House and other major D.C. landmarks.
Photographer
Unknown
Date of Work
March 15, 1963
Type
Photograph
Credit
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
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