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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-07-B
ST29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-27-H
ST16, KN26
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-092-001
This scrapbook is a self-published work that documents John F. Kennedy’s political career from the perspective of the volume’s creator, 1960 presidential campaign volunteer, founder of the Allen Dental Medical Corporation, and Kennedy family friend, Frank Allen Orofino (known professionally as Frank Allen). A limited number of copies of the scrapbook were made for President Kennedy’s family, friends, and associates; the full list of recipients is included at the end of the scrapbook. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front free endpaper reads, “Dedicated in gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who shared with this country and the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy." The handwritten inscription in black ink below the typed inscription reads, "In friendship to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Frank Allen Orofino / Vol I / '68." A typed preface written by Orofino is also included. The scrapbook contains materials related to President Kennedy’s United States Senate career, his 1960 presidential campaign, and his presidency. It contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and members of the Kennedy family, including Senator (later President) John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford; Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy; and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. It also contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and various associates of the President and First Lady, including the President’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher; campaign aide and later Special Assistant to the President, Lawrence “Larry” O'Brien; White House housekeeper Anne Lincoln; White House Secret Service agent, John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary; Governor of Florida, Farris Bryant; Boston Secret Service agent, Frank V. McDermott; and Kennedy family financial advisor, Thomas J. Walsh. Photographs are accompanied by facsimiles of Orofino’s handwritten captions and notations. Those pictured in photographs include President and Mrs. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia; Bob; Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen E. Smith; Ted; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; campaign aide and later White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and Nancy Joy Salinger; entertainer Frank Sinatra; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman; Mary and Ray Gallagher and their children, Christopher and Gregory Gallagher; Larry O’Brien; secretary to then-Senator Kennedy and later Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; presidential campaign manager and later special assistant to President Kennedy, Timothy J. “Ted” Reardon, Jr., and Betty Jane Reardon; John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Evelyn Lincoln; democratic politician and Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. “Jim” Farley, Sr.; democratic politician, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.; Kennedy family friend and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and various campaign and office staff members. Orofino also included photographs of himself and his family. Also pictured are presidential campaign items designed by Orofino, including a tie clip modeled after PT-109. Events pictured include the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.; and the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. This scrapbook contains 115 photographic prints, 45 photocopied letters, five other printed items, and one oil painting reproduction.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25181
John F. Kennedy, Jr. (seated at right in foreground), eats at a table in the President’s Dining Room (Residence) of the White House, Washington, D.C., during a joint birthday party for him and his sister, Caroline Kennedy. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center left in background, leaning over) stands left of Caroline; nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw, stands right of John, Jr. Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Janet Auchincloss; First Lady's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; Maria Shriver; Kennedy family friend, Shawn Brittle; White House butler, John W. Ficklin.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25163
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left, with back to camera) attend a joint birthday party for their children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. Caroline (center, with back to camera), sits at table in foreground with Avery Hatcher, son of Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher (seated right of Caroline); John Jr. (right of Mrs. Kennedy, partially hidden), sits at table in background with Kennedy family friend, Shawn Brittle (seated in front of window, facing away); Eunice Kennedy Shriver (center) stands behind her daughter, Maria Shriver. President’s Dining Room (Residence), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A4-79-62
President John F. Kennedy attends a joint birthday party for Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; President Kennedy (pointing to Caroline's table) visits with his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. John, Jr. (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Shriver), sits at table in background with Kennedy family friend, Shawn Brittle (facing away); Maria Shriver sits at table in foreground; White House butler, John W. Ficklin, (obscured by shadow of balloons), stands at right in background. President’s Dining Room (Residence), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A4-116-62
Young children sit at tables in the President’s Dining Room (Residence) of the White House, Washington, D.C., during a joint birthday party for Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (back to camera) stands at center in background. Caroline (right) sits at table in foreground with Maria Shriver (seated in center, holding lollipop) and Avery Hatcher, son of Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher (seated right of Caroline, partially hidden); John, Jr. (left, facing the camera), sits at table in background with Kennedy family friend, Shawn Brittle (seated in front of window). Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; White House butler, Robert B. Thompson, Jr.