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Photo 3-6-WH64 -- President Johnson delivers the State of the Union Address
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President Johnson delivers the State of the Union
January 8, 1964


Photo C92-1-WH64 -- Swearing in of Sargent Shriver as Poverty Coordinator
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Sargent Shriver takes the oath of office
as the War on Poverty coordinator.
February 18, 1964

Photo C293-1-WH64, President Johnson visits with the Fletcher family
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President Johnson conducts a fact-finding trip in
poverty stricken areas of the United States.
Here he visits with the Fletcher family in Inez, Kentucky.
April 24, 1964

Photo: 225-43-WH64 President Johnson tours an impoverished Appalachian area
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President Johnson's tour of impoverished
Appalachian areas of the United States.
May 7-8, 1964

Photo 32444-7, Mrs. Johnson washes her hands before having lunch with students
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Mrs. Johnson washes her hands before having lunch with the students
at Lick Branch School in rural Kentucky (Cumberland Plateau).
May 21, 1964

Photo 32445-17A, Mrs. Johnson has lunch with students
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Mrs. Johnson has lunch with students at the
Lick Branch School in an economically depressed
part of rural Kentucky (Cumberland Plateau).
May 21, 1964

Photo 32451-5, Mrs. Johnson shakes hands with a local resident
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Mrs. Johnson greets a local resident during her tour
of economically depressed parts of rural Appalachia.
May 21, 1964


Photo C661-4-WH64, President Johnson signs the 1964 Poverty Bill on the steps of the White House
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President Johnson signs the Poverty Bill.
August 20, 1964


Photo 233-15A-WH65 Mrs. Johnson holds a Head Start banner
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Mrs. Johnson conducts a White House ceremony
for National Head Start program.
June 30, 1965

Photo A4840-3a, President Johnson selects a pen to sign the Bill
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President Johnson signs the Food Stamp Bill.
September 27, 1967

Photo C9080-17A, Mrs. Johnson reads a story to students
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Mrs. Johnson visits a classroom at the Kemper School
in Washington, D.C. for Project Head Start.
March 19, 1968

Photo C9079-6A, Mrs. Johnson plays with students
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Mrs. Johnson visits with students in Project Head Start
at the Kemper School in Washington, D.C.
March 19, 1968



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