Photograph of President and Mrs. Johnson with daughters and Ima Hogg at Constitution Hall

In 1964 Ima Hogg sat with President and Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson in the President's Box at Constitution Hall (Washington D. C.) for a concert given by the Houston Symphony during its Golden Anniversary tour. Hogg was a nationally recognized patron of the arts. In 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed her to help plan the National Culture Center (now the Kennedy Center) in Washington D. C. In 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy asked her to serve on the committee to find historic furniture for the White House. Hogg also received accolades from the National Society of Interior Designers, the Garden Club of America, the American Association for State and Local History, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. | Date: February 29, 1964 | Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Archives
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