White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration). 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. Nixon White House Photographs. 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. Richard M. Nixon presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Duke Ellington.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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Duke Ellington (b. Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899, Washington, DC–d. May 24, 1974, New York, NY) was a composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader. He began piano lessons at 7 and wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag", in 1914. Ellington became a more serious piano student as a teenager after hearing poolroom pianists in Washington, DC. Ellington moved to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance in the early 1920s. He began a regular booking at the Cott...
Kightlinger, Jack E., 1932-2009
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Jack E. Kightlinger (b. Apr. 28, 1932-d. Sept. 2009, N.C.), White House photographer. From the description of Kightlinger, Jack E., 1932-2009 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10610541 ...
