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President John F. Kennedy with Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1919–1969, Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, in the White House Rose Garden)
President John F. Kennedy with Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1919–1969, Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, in the White House Rose Garden)
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President John F. Kennedy with Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1919–1969, Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, in the White House Rose Garden)

Artist (American, 1920–2008)
DateNovember 27 1962
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions24.0 x 19.1 cm ( (image), 25.4 x 20.5 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineBequest of Blake Robinson
Object number2012.104
DescriptionPresident John F. Kennedy with Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, first Prime Minister of the independent Republic of Somalia, at the White House Nov. 27, 1962. President Kennedy was assassinated Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas and Prime Minister Shermarke Oct. 15, 1969 in Las Anod, Somalia. The photograph was taken by a photographer for the U.S. Informatino Agency (USIA).
ProvenanceBlake Robinson, Washington, D.C.
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