Collection White House in Bloom
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Lady Bird Johnson astride Silver Jay with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson at the family ranch in Texas, 1959.
- Date of Work
- 1959
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Photo by Frank Muto, Lyndon B. Johnson Library
Lady Bird Johnson astride Silver Jay with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson at the family ranch in Texas, 1959.
Lady Bird Johnson astride Silver Jay with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson at the family ranch in Texas, 1959.
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