White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration). 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. Nixon White House Photographs. 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. NIxon meeting with Sammy Davis Jr
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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990
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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States." At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, he returned to the trio and became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) afte...
Knudsen, Robert L. (Robert LeRoy), 1929-1989
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Robert LeRoy Knudsen (1929-1989) graduated from the Naval Photographic School in Pensacola, Florida. He was a White House photographer for five Presidents' administrations: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Among his most famous photographs were the pictures of John F. Kennedy's son, John Jr., walking in the Oval Office in May 1962. He also photographed the 1948 and 1952 elections of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 1959 meeting between Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushche...
