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Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-001-029
Contains 24 photographic prints: (KFC1471N, KFC1472N, KFC1473N, KFC1477N, KFC1479N, KFC1480N, KFC1531N, KFC1532N, KFC1534N, KFC1535N, KFC1536N, KFC1537N, KFC1538N, KFC1539N, KFC1540N, KFC1541N, KFC1542N, KFC1543N, KFC1544N, KFC1545N, KFC1546N, KFC1548N, KFC1549N, KFC1550N)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-042-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents her travels as a young woman, specifically a 1911 Boston Chamber of Commerce trip to Europe, as well as later social activities and family vacations during the first several years of her marriage to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Photographs of the Boston Chamber of Commerce trip, on which Rose and her sister, Agnes, accompanied their father, then-Mayor of Boston, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, capture the trans-Atlantic voyage aboard the R.M.S. Franconia, as well as numerous travel destinations, including Ireland, England, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Cities that are pictured include London, England; Paris, France; Hamburg, Dresden, Nuremberg, and Berlin, Germany; and Vienna, Austria. Other locations and landmarks pictured include the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the Loreley Rock in Germany, the Rhine River, and the Alps. Later photographs, dated between 1916 and 1923, document Fitzgerald and Kennedy family vacations in Palm Beach, Florida, and Poland Spring, Maine, as well as other events and activities. Of note are photographs of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., as a baby at the Kennedy family home on Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts; of Rose's brother, Thomas A. Fitzgerald, posing in military dress; and of a Cecilian Guild picnic in June 1921. Others who appear in the album include Rose's mother, Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her brothers, John F. Fitzgerald, Jr., and Frederick H. Fitzgerald; and family friends and associates, including Sir Thomas Lipton; John Hays Hammond, Sr.; Francis Abott Goodhue, Jr.; Lillian M. "Lilla" Morrison; and Hugh Nawn. Original handwritten captions are written in white ink on the leaves beneath many photographs, or in black ink and pencil on the rectos of some photographs. Some photographs, including five full panoramic views, were printed on postcard stock. This photograph album contains 171 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-067-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents the travels of the Kennedy family in 1938 and 1939 during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Of note are photographs of the family's trans-Atlantic voyage from the United States to London, England, aboard the S.S. Washington; their residence at 14 Prince's Gate in London; a Changing of Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace, including photos taken by Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy with his box camera; members of the Life Guards regiment of the British Army; the Serpentine recreational lake and Kensington Gardens in London; "Barroc End," the home the Kennedy family rented in Ascot, England; Paris, Fontainebleau, Barbizon, Cannes, Mougins, and Antibes, France; Interlakken, the Rhone Glacier, Lucerne, and the Little Scheidegg mountain pass in Switzerland; Cologne and Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany, as well as views from aboard a steamship on the Rhine River; Marken and Volendam, Holland (the Netherlands); Blarney and Cork, Ireland; Vatican City; and Rome, Italy. Those pictured include Rose; Joseph, Sr.; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia “Pat” Kennedy; Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Ted; Kennedy family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Governess to the Kennedy children, Elizabeth Dunn (referred to as “Dunn” in original captions); and nurse to the Kennedy children, Luella Hennessey. Many leaves contain original handwritten captions in white ink, although the handwriting does not belong to Rose and the writer has not been determined. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in black and blue ink and pencil on the versos of many photographs. This photograph album contains 150 photographic prints.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01550N
View along the bank of the Rhine River in Germany; a row boat floats in the foreground. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-042-001 reads, "View of the Rhine." See also "Europe: Souvenirs, letters, and travel guides, 1911"; ""My Trip Abroad, Rose E. Fitzgerald," 17 June 1911-18 October 1913" (ROFKPP-001-005; ROFKPP-001-006), from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01532N
View of the Schloss Stolzenfels (Stolzenfels Castle) atop a hill, and houses along the bank of the Rhine River, near Koblenz, Germany. [Notes: See also "Europe: Souvenirs, letters, and travel guides, 1911"; ""My Trip Abroad, Rose E. Fitzgerald," 17 June 1911-18 October 1913" (ROFKPP-001-005; ROFKPP-001-006), from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers. Chemical damage in lower left portion, and spotting and streaking in lower right portion of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01531N
View of a castle atop a hill on the bank of the Rhine River in Germany. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-042-001 reads, "Castle on the Rhine." See also "Europe: Souvenirs, letters, and travel guides, 1911"; ""My Trip Abroad, Rose E. Fitzgerald," 17 June 1911-18 October 1913" (ROFKPP-001-005; ROFKPP-001-006), from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01473N
View of the Festung Ehrenbreitstein (Ehrenbreitstein Fortress) atop a hill on the bank of the Rhine River in Koblenz, Germany. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-042-001. See also "Europe: Souvenirs, letters, and travel guides, 1911"; ""My Trip Abroad, Rose E. Fitzgerald," 17 June 1911-18 October 1913" (ROFKPP-001-005; ROFKPP-001-006), from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers.]