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Mexican State Dinners: President and Mrs. Johnson

Mexican State Dinners: President and Mrs. Johnson

Date of Work: October 26, 1967
Medium: Photo
Credit: Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library

Gathering in the Yellow Oval Room before the State Dinner, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Lady Bird Johnson, Muriel Humphrey, Mrs. Diaz Ordaz, and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz admire a machete given to President Johnson by the Diaz Ordaz sons. October 26, 1967.

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