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Photograph of Ceremony for National Head Start Day

Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office CollectionSeries: Johnson White House Photographs

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President Lyndon B. Johnson Signing H.R. 18763, the Bill to Authorize Pre-School and Early Education Programs for Handicapped Children


Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection Series: Johnson White House Photographs

Original Caption: Standing (l-r): Cong. Hugh L. Carey, Cong. Dominick V. Daniels, Cong. Carl D. Perkins, Cong. Albert H. Quie, Sen. Winston L. Prouty, and Sec. Wilbur Cohen. 9/30/1968. Location: Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, DC.

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Sumi Kashiwagi tells a story to her nursery school class at Camp Amache, the Granada incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, 12/10/1942.“Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority
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Sumi Kashiwagi tells a story to her nursery school class at Camp Amache, the Granada incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, 12/10/1942.

Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority

Image description: Eighteen small children sit on small chairs made from rough lumber, in a room with tar paper walls. A woman is seated on another small chair, facing the children, with her back to the camera.

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Photograph of Lady Bird Johnson Visiting a Classroom for Project Head Start, 3/19/1966“Series: Johnson White House Photographs, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969
Collection: White House Photo Office Collection, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969
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Photograph of Lady Bird Johnson Visiting a Classroom for Project Head Start, 3/19/1966

Series: Johnson White House Photographs, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969

Collection: White House Photo Office Collection, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969

Image description: Lady Bird Johnson, in a yellow dress, sits on a chair in a classroom and reads a book. Small children on chairs sit in a circle around her, and listen with varying amounts of attention. One little girl is holding her finger to her lips; boys across the circle play with a toy airplane.

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