Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-087-001
This photograph album, compiled by the Siracusa Construction Co., Inc., contains photographs of cottages that the company built for the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Home for Children in the Bronx, New York, in 1950. The Home was named in honor of naval aviator Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., the son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Lieutenant Kennedy was killed in action in 1944, during World War II. The title on the front cover reads, “Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Home / Cottages / Bronx, New York,” with the additional inscriptions, “Architects / Ferrenz & Taylor / New York, N.Y.” and “Builders / Siracusa Construction Co., Inc. / New York, N.Y.” The photographs show exterior views of the cottages. This photograph album contains three photographic prints and a printed card that reads, “Presented with our compliments / Siracusa Construction Co., Inc.”