Irvin Williams Tends to Chinese Redbud Tree

In this photograph Head Gardener Irvin Williams tends to a flowering Chinese Redbud tree on the South Grounds of the White House in April 1966. In 1961 the Kennedys selected Williams to assist in the installation of the new Rose Garden. Williams would later be promoted to Superintendent of the Grounds and go on to serve eight more presidents before retiring in 2008. This photograph, was taken during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration by James P. Blair.