Very desirable White House card, 4.5 x 3.5, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "For Rex Scouten, with gratitude and appreciation, Jacqueline Kennedy" and "John Kennedy," with the first lady adding to the lower left, "Christmas 1961." In very fine condition. After 13 years in the United States Secret Service, Rex Scouten served as an assistant White House usher from 1960 to 1969. He then became the White House Chief Usher, serving from March 1969 to January 1986, before assuming the role of White House Curator from 1986 to 1997; Scouten's time within the White House extended over 10 different presidential administrations, from Harry S. Truman to Bill Clinton.
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