Ex-slave guest of president in Capital. Washington, D.C. Feb. 17--The thrill of a lifetime came to William Andrew Johnson, 79-year-old ex-slave of President Andrew Jackson [i.e. Johnson], today as he arrived in the Capital to be the guest of President Roosevelt--at the expense of the Chief Executive. After an hour of reminiscing of the stirring Reconstruction Days of American History with President Roosevelt, Johnson was taken on a sightseeing trip accompanied by a Secret Service guard. He is shown at the Capitol in this picture. He comes from Knoxville, Tenn.

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Ex-slave guest of president in Capital. Washington, D.C. Feb. 17--The thrill of a lifetime came to William Andrew Johnson, 79-year-old ex-slave of President Andrew Jackson [i.e. Johnson], today as he arrived in the Capital to be the guest of President Roosevelt--at the expense of the Chief Executive. After an hour of reminiscing of the stirring Reconstruction Days of American History with President Roosevelt, Johnson was taken on a sightseeing trip accompanied by a Secret Service guard. He is shown at the Capitol in this picture. He comes from Knoxville, Tenn.

Digital ID: (digital file from original negative) hec 22206 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.22206
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-hec-22206 (digital file from original negative)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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Ex-slave guest of president in Capital. Washington, D.C. Feb. 17--The thrill of a lifetime came to William Andrew Johnson, 79-year-old ex-slave of President Andrew Jackson [i.e. Johnson], today as he arrived in the Capital to be the guest of President Roosevelt--at the expense of the Chief Executive. After an hour of reminiscing of the stirring Reconstruction Days of American History with President Roosevelt, Johnson was taken on a sightseeing trip accompanied by a Secret Service guard. He is shown at the Capitol in this picture. He comes from Knoxville, Tenn.

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