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Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-054-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and family life between 1932 and 1938. The title on the cover reads, “Album.” The scrapbook contains photographs of and printed ephemera related to his studies at the London School of Economics (1933-1934) and Harvard University (1934-1938), as well as time spent with family and friends at the Kennedy family residences in Bronxville in New York, Palm Beach in Florida, and Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and traveling in Europe. Destinations pictured include Switzerland, England, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Scotland, Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Bermuda, Georgia, and France. Of note are telegrams from Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy to their son; photographs of Joe, Jr., skiing with friends in Zermatt, Switzerland; two portrait cards from the Residenz Museum in Munich, Germany; photographic postcards featuring images of the 1934 performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria, Germany; an invitation from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Joe, Jr., for an event at the White House; materials related to Joe, Jr.’s athletic career at Harvard, where he participated in football, swimming, and rugby, including photographs of the 1936 Bermuda Rugby Week competition; a Bermuda Islands court summons issued to “Joseph Kennedy” and dated March 30, 1936; and telegrams sent to Joe, Jr., for his birthday. Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs and clippings include Joseph, Sr.; Rose; John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine Conboy; Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Sir James Calder; and economist Harold Laski. Handwritten captions and inscriptions are written in blue and black ink on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 224 photographic prints (including three tintypes), 53 newspaper and magazine clippings, and 36 photographic postcards, as well as telegrams, letters, invitations, menus, tickets, picture postcards, calling cards, and other types of printed ephemera.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-047-001
This photograph album was first compiled by Rosemary Kennedy as a birthday gift for her sister, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, in 1929, with later photographs added by Kathleen. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” An original handwritten inscription on the inside front cover reads, "Kathleen, From Rose happy birthday Feb. 1929," in white ink. Original captions are written in white ink and pencil in both Rosemary’s and Kathleen’s hand. Photographs document the family life, travels, and social activities of the Kennedy family from 1927 to 1936. In addition to Rosemary (referred to as “Rose” in original captions) and Kathleen, those pictured include their parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; their siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. "Jack" Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia "Pat" Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted/Teddy" Kennedy; their aunt, Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan, and her husband Joseph Francis Gargan, Sr.; governesses to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill and Elizabeth Dunn; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy; family friends, Edward E. “Eddie” Moore, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, Mary O’Keefe, Mary Veronica “Von” Rice, and Mary Frances "Sancy" Falvey; and family dogs, Buddy and Skippy. Of note are photographs of Kennedy family members and friends at the family’s residences in Bronxville in New York, Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and Palm Beach in Florida; a visit to the Hippodrome Theatre in New York City, where the children posed with a baby elephant; Joseph, Sr., and Rose with actor Fred Thomson and screenwriter Frances Marion in California; and Kathleen and other campers and counselors at Sargent Camp in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Other locations and historic sites featured in photographs include the White House and United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.; the National Monument to the Forefathers and Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts; the Potomac River; and George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in blue ink and pencil on the versos of many photographs. This photograph album contains 154 photographic prints, two photographic postcards, and one contact print of a strip of four 35mm black and white negatives.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) inspects a sailboat alongside unidentified men in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, during Independence Day weekend.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) stands with unidentified men in front of a sailboat during Independence Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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John F. Kennedy, Jr. stands at the wheel of a speedboat off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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John F. Kennedy, Jr. stands at the wheel of a speedboat off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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John F. Kennedy, Jr. stands at the wheel of a speedboat off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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Caroline Kennedy sits under a blanket on the deck of the presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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Caroline Kennedy lies under a blanket on the deck of the presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) reads a newspaper as his daughter, Caroline Kennedy, looks over his shoulder aboard the presidential yacht, the “Honey Fitz,” off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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Caroline Kennedy sits aboard the presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy eats an ice cream cone aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy eats an ice cream cone aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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Caroline Kennedy drinks a soda aboard the Presidential yacht, "Honey Fitz," during Labor Day weekend at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Steve Smith stands on far right edge of frame.
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White House Photographs
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Timothy Shriver sits aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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Timothy Shriver sits aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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Courtney Kennedy sits aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy rides aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sits aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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View of boats, including a United States Coast Guard boat (right), in the water off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, during Labor Day weekend.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy smokes a cigar and reads the newspaper aboard the Presidential yacht Honey Fitz during Labor Day weekend off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits aboard the Presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Scratches along left side of image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
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John F. Kennedy, Jr., sits at the wheel of a speedboat during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Scratches along left side of image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
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John F. Kennedy, Jr., sits at the wheel of a speedboat during Labor Day weekend in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.