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JOHNSON, Lyndon B. (1908-1973). JOHNSON, Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” (1912-2007). Photograph Inscribed to Illinois Governor, Otto Kerner. [Washington, D.C.], February 29, 1968. Full color photograph (354 x 276 mm) on Kodak paper by White House photographer Frank Wolfe (stamp on verso). Photo is of President and First Lady Johnson speaking with Governor Kerner, all in formal attire (photo is a bit toned, a few creases, especially at corners, inkstamps and pencil markings on verso. INSCRIBED BY “LADY BIRD” JOHNSON BENEATH THE IMAGE, AND ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON: “For Governor Kerner - it was a pleasure having you with us - Lady Bird and Lyndon B. Johnson February 29, 1968”. Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908-1976) was governor of Illinois from 1961-1968; in 1967, President Johnson appointed him the chairman of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, and later (1968) nominated him as a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Kerner resigned in 1974.