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The Nixons Pose with Worship Service Participants

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on December 21, 1969, President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon pose with six young women on the Grand Staircase. Daughters of White House staffers and a cabinet member, the teenagers participated in a worship service conducted that day in the East Room. Pictured here with President and Mrs. Nixon: Carla Scouten, daughter of White House Chief Usher Rex Scouten; Beth Atwater, daughter of James D. Atwater, special assistant to the president; Susan Butterfield, daughter of Alexander P. Butterfield, deputy assistant to the president; Brigid Flanagan, daughter of Peter M. Flanagan, assistant to the president; Maureen Finch, daughter of Robert H. Finch, secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; and Jan Ehrlichman, daughter of John D. Ehrlichman, assistant to the president for domestic affairs.
Photographer
Joseph J. Scherschel
Date of Work
December 21, 1969
Type
Photograph
Credit
White House Historical Association
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