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Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-050-001
This photograph album, compiled by Eunice Kennedy, documents events in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1927 to 1946. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front cover reads, "I should appreciate it if no one remove pictures from this book. If you do so, it will not be so interesting for other people. Personally, I should like to keep all the pictures to look at myself, because as you know we lost all the moving pictures of you children. Many of these pictures have been lost in the past, due to the clamor of newspapermen, so please do not remove any more. Thank you. Rose Kennedy." Those pictured in photographs include Eunice Kennedy; her parents, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; and family friends, including Tom Killefer, former Boston Police Commissioner Joseph F. Timilty, Patricia “Pat” Skakel, Ethel Skakel, Hugh Fraser, Torbert “Torb” Macdonald, John J. "London Jack" Kennedy, John Jacob "Jakie" Astor, and Tom Egerton. Of note are photographs of Joe, Jr., dressed in drag with his Harvard University football teammates; Rose, Jack, and Eunice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jack with his parents and grandparents on the night of his victory in the 1946 primary election for the Massachusetts 11th Congressional District; Joe, Jr., and Kathleen in Spain; the entire Kennedy family at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, and other locations during a trip to the French Riviera; and the family at their residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Original handwritten captions are written in blue ink on the leaves beneath some photographs. This photograph album contains 58 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-049-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1925 to 1928. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Photographs capture Rose and her family at their residences in Brookline, Massachusetts, and in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York; at Malcolm Cottage, the home the family rented on Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; at Craigville Beach in Centerville, Massachusetts; at the Toy Town Tavern resort in Winchendon, Massachusetts; and at other locations with family and friends. Also of note are photographs of the Kennedy children posing with a baby elephant at the Hippodrome Theatre in New York City; John F. “Jack” Kennedy dressed in a suit for his First Communion and later for his Confirmation; and Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., and Rosemary Kennedy (sometimes referred to as “Rose” in original captions) dressed for their Confirmations. Other Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (sometimes referred to as “Kak” in original captions); Eunice Kennedy; Patricia “Pat” Kennedy; Robert F. “Bobby/Bob” Kennedy; Joseph, Sr.’s father, Patrick Joseph Kennedy; Rose’s parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; Rose’s sister, Agnes Fitzgerald; Rose’s niece, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald, and nephew, John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald (the children of her brother, Thomas A. Fitzgerald); nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy; and family friend, Edward E. Moore. All leaves contain original handwritten captions in white ink, although the handwriting does not belong to Rose and the writer has not been determined. This photograph album contains 220 photographic prints, five photographic postcards, and two photograph fragments.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-048-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents the lives of the Kennedy family from 1925 to 1937. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Photographs capture their home life at their primary residences in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Bronxville, New York; time spent with family and friends at their secondary residences in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida; and other travels and events. The album also contains numerous portrait photos. Those pictured in photographs include Rose; her husband, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Sr.; her children, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy; her parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her sister, Agnes Fitzgerald, and brother-in-law, Joseph Francis Gargan, Sr.; governess to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine Conboy; and family friends, Viscountess Nancy Astor, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, and Mary O’Keefe. Of note are photographs of Rose and Joe, Sr., aboard the S.S. Aquitania during their voyage to New York City from Europe in 1928; the wedding of Agnes and Joseph Gargan; Joe, Jr., and Jack with their football teams at the Dexter School in Brookline, Massachusetts; and Rose and Joe, Sr., with actor Fred Thomson and screenwriter Frances Marion in California. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in black ink and pencil on the versos of some photographs. This photograph album contains 81 photographic prints.
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.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00776N
Kathleen Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy (all in foreground) swim in the water at a beach in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Notes: Blurriness in image and tears along top portion are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00774N
Rosemary Kennedy kneels in the sand at a beach in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; Kathleen Kennedy sits atop an inner tube in the background. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-001 reads, "Hyannisport, 1925, Rose & Kick."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00788N
The Kennedy family children pose in the yard outside Malcolm Cottage, the home the Kennedy family rented on Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Left to right: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy. [Notes: Horizontal marks and fogging are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00782N
Eunice Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy (center), and Kathleen Kennedy pose lying on their stomachs in the grass outside Malcolm Cottage, the home the Kennedy family rented on Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Notes: Scratches in lower portion of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00780N
John F. Kennedy poses with his sisters in the yard outside Malcolm Cottage, the home the Kennedy family rented on Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Seated in the grass (L-R): Eunice Kennedy, John F. Kennedy (wearing a sailor hat, with his arms around his sisters), Rosemary Kennedy, and Kathleen Kennedy.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00779N
Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy stand in the yard outside Malcolm Cottage, the home the Kennedy family rented on Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Notes: Negative is double exposed. The second, overlying image is a close-up of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., with one of his sisters.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00778N
John F. Kennedy poses with his sisters in the yard outside Malcolm Cottage, the home the Kennedy family rented on Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Seated in the grass (L-R): John F. Kennedy (wearing a sailor hat), Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00908N
Rosemary Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy (right) sit on either side of an unidentified girl on the porch steps of the house the Kennedy family rented in Cohasset, Massachusetts; Eunice Kennedy stands at left.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00907N
The Kennedy family children pose in the yard outside the house the Kennedy family rented in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Left to right: Eunice Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., and Kathleen Kennedy.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00906N
Eunice Kennedy (left), Kathleen Kennedy, and Rosemary Kennedy (in foreground) sit with their grandfather, Patrick Joseph “P.J.” Kennedy, on the porch steps of the house the Kennedy family rented in Cohasset, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00905N
Rosemary Kennedy and Eunice Kennedy sit in an Express wooden coaster wagon in the stone driveway outside the house the Kennedy family rented in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Kathleen Kennedy stands at left, with hands on hips; John F. Kennedy (right, mostly out of frame) holds the handle of the wagon.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00897N
Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy pose with their aunt, Agnes Fitzgerald (center), in the yard outside the house the Kennedy family rented in Cohasset, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00896N
Rosemary Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, and Kathleen Kennedy pose with two unidentified children (first from left and second from right) in the yard outside the house the Kennedy family rented in Cohasset, Massachusetts. [Notes: Fogging is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00705N
The Kennedy family children pose in the stone driveway outside the house the Kennedy family rented in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Left to right: Kathleen Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy and Eunice Kennedy (both seated in an Express wooden coaster wagon); Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (seated in foreground, holding a ball and glove); John F. Kennedy (holding the handle of the wagon).
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00850N
John F. Kennedy (holding the handle of a "Paris Coaster" wagon) poses with his sisters, Rosemary Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, outside the home the family rented on Beach Avenue at Nantasket Beach, Hull, Massachusetts; Rosemary (left) and Kathleen sit in the toy wagon. [Notes: Fogging and spots on image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00765N
The Kennedy family children sit on a wooden seesaw outside the Kennedy family home on Naples Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. Left to right: Kathleen Kennedy; an unidentified boy; Eunice Kennedy; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00746N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., stands with his daughters near the steps of the Kennedy family home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Left to right (in background): Mr. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy. A car sits on the snow-covered road in the foreground.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00761N
Eunice Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, and Rosemary Kennedy (wearing matching winter coats) stand outside the Kennedy family home on Naples Road in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00759N
Kathleen Kennedy and Eunice Kennedy pose in the snow outside the Kennedy family home on Naples Road in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00758N
Kathleen Kennedy (left) and Eunice Kennedy pose with Robert F. Kennedy (in wicker baby carriage) outside the Kennedy family home on Naples Road in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00755N
Eunice Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, and Rosemary Kennedy (wearing matching winter hats and coats) pose on a sidewalk in Brookline, Massachusetts.