Collection The Presidents
Biographies & Portraits
President Johnson on the Phone in the Oval Office
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- Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
President Johnson on the Phone in the Oval Office
President Johnson simultaneously talks on the phone and watches three television sets in the Oval Office. To the left of the television is a teletype machine which brought Johnson the latest news. A portrait of Andrew Jackson hangs on the wall above the television sets.
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