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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-073-001
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, documents her life, travels, and social activities from 1939 to 1942. Photographs document time spent at the Kennedy family’s residences in Palm Beach in Florida, Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and Bronxville in New York; aboard the S.S. Washington en route to New York City, New York, from Europe; at the 1939 New York World’s Fair; in Sainte-Marguerite-du-lac-Masson in Quebec, Canada; at the Maryland Hunt Cup near Reisterstown, Maryland; at the Berkshire Music Festival (now called the Tanglewood Music Festival) in Lenox, Massachusetts; at Bailey’s Beach in Newport, Rhode Island; as a bridesmaid in the wedding of Kennedy family friend, Anne McDonnell, to Henry Ford II, in Southampton, New York; at the Edgartown Regatta on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; on a camping trip in Wise River, Montana; on a trip to England; at the Beachcomber Lounge in Boston, Massachusetts; at Club Waikiki in New York City; at the Scranton family estate in Scranton, Pennsylvania; on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota; at the Coleman and Schweppe family estates in Lake Forest, Illinois; and at parties at both Kathleen’s apartment and the apartment of Kennedy family friend Inga Arvad in Washington, D.C. Other locations pictured include Narragansett, Rhode Island; Greenwich, Connecticut; Lexington and Chatham, Massachusetts; Seminole, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Charleston, South Carolina. Family members pictured in photographs include Kathleen’s parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob/Bobbie” [sic] Kennedy; Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted/Teddy” Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; and cousin, Joseph Francis “Joey” Gargan, Jr. Over one hundred friends and acquaintances also appear in photographs, many of whom are identified in original captions. Those who appear more than once within the album include: Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Tom Killefer; Torbert "Torb" Macdonald; Richard J. “Dick” Cotter, Jr.; Nancy Van Vleck; Beverley A. “Bev” Bogert; C. Z. “Cizzie” Cochrane; John “Zeke” Coleman, Jr.; Nancy Tenney; Charlotte McDonnell; Francis Huger “Mac” McAdoo, Jr.; Cynthia “Cynth” McAdoo; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem/Leem” Billings; Thomas Henry “Harry” Dixon; John “Johnny” Pyne; Appie Whitney; Eben Pyne; Alison “Allie/Ally” Pyne; Cammann “Cam” Newberry; Constance “Connie” Shepard; James Ayer “Jim” Rousmaniere; Helen MacDonald; Marie Murray; Cyrus Robinson “Cy” Taylor; Nelson Macy, Jr.; William Fuller “Bill” Borland; George Morris Cheston; William Warren “Bill” Scranton; Abbott Widdicombe; Gaspard d’Andelot “Don” Belin; Harriet Bundy “Hattie” Belin; Stanley Rogers “Stan” Resor; Anne Reed; Charles Alfred “Chuckie/Chucky” Pillsbury; Jane "Pil" Pillsbury; Muriel Macy; Demarest "Demi" Lloyd, Jr.; George Houk Mead, Jr.; Richard R. “Dick” Flood; Elizabeth Wayne “Betty” Coxe; Charles “Chuck” Spalding; Inga Arvad; and Mary Dickey. Also pictured are industrialist Henry Ford, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill. Original handwritten captions are written in black ink on many of the leaves. This photograph album contains 636 photographic prints and two photo fragments.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00633N
Edward M. Kennedy sits on a bicycle outside the Kennedy family home in Bronxville, New York. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-068-001 reads, "Ted."]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01975N
Several unidentified children play on a hillside. [Notes: Location is undetermined.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01604N
John F. Kennedy (seated poolside, second from left) converses with two unidentified men (standing in pool, wearing swim caps) at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday; an unidentified man sits beside John F. Kennedy at far left.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01602N
Two unidentified people (right) are seen swimming and seated poolside at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. [Notes: Streaking in right portion of image is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01954N
Edward M. Kennedy (left) and an unidentified boy each sit astride a donkey in Rome, Italy, during a Kennedy family trip; the donkeys (wearing saddles and bridles) pull a covered carriage (writing on carriage reads, "Parco dei Bambini" (Children's Park)). [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-067-001.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02002N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., and Edward M. Kennedy (in front of his brother) climb a ladder affixed to the rocky sea cliff of Eden Roc Pavilion at the Hotel du Cap d'Antibes in Antibes, France, during a Kennedy family trip to the French Riviera; three unidentified women (all wearing bathing caps) stand left of a diving board.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01997N
An unidentified person (towed behind a boat) rides an aquaplane near Cannes, France, during a Kennedy family trip to the French Riviera. [Notes: Vertical markings in left portion of image are original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01966N
Edward M. Kennedy (left) and an unidentified boy each sit astride a donkey in Rome, Italy, during a Kennedy family trip; the donkeys (wearing saddles and bridles) pull a covered carriage (writing on carriage reads, "Corsa C[illegible superscript] 50" (Race C[illegible superscript] 50)). An unidentified woman and child (holding balloon) are visible in the background at left.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01993N
Patricia Kennedy plays shuffleboard on the deck of the S.S. Washington, en route to England. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-067-001 reads, "Scenes on board S.S. Washington, shuffleboard."]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01097N
Edward M. Kennedy rides a bicycle on a gravel path in Prince's Gate Garden, behind the residence of the United States Ambassador to Great Britain, in London, England.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01095N
Kennedy family friend, Torbert Macdonald, runs on the lawn of Prince's Gate Garden, behind the residence of the United States Ambassador to Great Britain, in London, England; a dog is visible in background at right. [Notes: Blurred image is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01098N
Jean Kennedy poses near a sports stadium in Rome, Italy, during a Kennedy family trip; an unidentified man runs the track in background at right.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01076N
Skiers dressed in various costumes ski on the snow-covered slopes in St. Moritz, Switzerland. [Notes: Negative is out of focus.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01074N
Kennedy family friend, Charlotte McDonnell, poses on the snow-covered ski slopes in St. Moritz, Switzerland; skiers are visible in the background. [Notes: Fogging and blemishes on image are original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01072N
Two unidentified people ski on the snow-covered slopes in St. Moritz, Switzerland; the skier in foreground wears a grass skirt. [Notes: Fogging on edges is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01070N
A ski instructor identified as Hildebrand poses on the snow-covered slopes in St. Moritz, Switzerland. [Notes: Inscription on verso of vintage print reads, "Ski master Hildebrand." Fogging on edges is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00008N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (left), poses with two unidentified men (all holding golf clubs) outside a golf club in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. [Notes: Scratches in left portion, flare in upper left portion, and flare in bottom left portion of image are original to the negative.]