• President and Mrs. Johnson Receive Bust of Winston Churchill
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    busts
    Yellow Oval Room
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    ceremonies
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson Receive Bust of Winston Churchill
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    busts
    Yellow Oval Room
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    ceremonies
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.
  • Lady Bird Johnson at Smithson Bicentennial Event
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    ceremony
    South Lawn
    White House Guests
    This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows First Lady Lady Bird Johnson on the South Lawn for an event commemorating the bicentennial of James Smithson's birth. Smithson founded the Smithsonian Institution through financial bequest in 1835. Scherschel captured this photograph on September 17, 1965.
  • Lady Bird Johnson at Smithson Bicentennial Event
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    ceremony
    South Lawn
    White House Guests
    This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows First Lady Lady Bird Johnson on the South Lawn for an event commemorating the bicentennial of James Smithson's birth. Smithson founded the Smithsonian Institution through financial bequest in 1835. Scherschel captured this photograph on September 17, 1965.
  • Lady Bird Johnson at Smithson Bicentennial Event
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    ceremony
    South Lawn
    White House Guests
    This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows First Lady Lady Bird Johnson on the South Lawn for an event commemorating the bicentennial of James Smithson's birth. Smithson founded the Smithsonian Institution through financial bequest in 1835. Scherschel captured this photograph on September 17, 1965.
  • President Johnson at White House Event
    Dick Durrance
    portrait
    This photograph by Dick Durrance is a close-up picture of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Durrance captured the photograph in September 1965 at an event held in the White House.
  • President Johnson at White House Event
    Dick Durrance
    portrait
    This photograph by Dick Durrance is a close-up picture of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Durrance captured the photograph in September 1965 at an event held in the White House.
  • President Johnson at White House Event
    Dick Durrance
    portrait
    This photograph by Dick Durrance is a close-up picture of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Durrance captured the photograph in September 1965 at an event held in the White House.