Collection The First Ladies
Biographies & Portraits
Rosalynn Carter makes a flower arrangement
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- Jimmy Carter Library
Rosalynn Carter makes a flower arrangement
Rosalynn Carter works on a flower arrangement while meeting with Joan Mondale, wife of Vice President Walter Mondale., 1978.
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