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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-01022N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., swims in the pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Fogging along bottom edge of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01016N
Rosemary Kennedy (left) and Kathleen Kennedy swim in the pool at The Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C72-51-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (wearing a blue swimsuit) goes waterskiing off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C72-50-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (near center right, wearing a blue swimsuit) waterskis behind a motor boat (far left), at sea off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida; the Presidential yacht, "Honey Fitz," sits in the water at center. [Notes: Markings at lower right edge are original to the negative.]
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-073-001
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, documents her life, travels, and social activities from 1939 to 1942. Photographs document time spent at the Kennedy family’s residences in Palm Beach in Florida, Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and Bronxville in New York; aboard the S.S. Washington en route to New York City, New York, from Europe; at the 1939 New York World’s Fair; in Sainte-Marguerite-du-lac-Masson in Quebec, Canada; at the Maryland Hunt Cup near Reisterstown, Maryland; at the Berkshire Music Festival (now called the Tanglewood Music Festival) in Lenox, Massachusetts; at Bailey’s Beach in Newport, Rhode Island; as a bridesmaid in the wedding of Kennedy family friend, Anne McDonnell, to Henry Ford II, in Southampton, New York; at the Edgartown Regatta on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; on a camping trip in Wise River, Montana; on a trip to England; at the Beachcomber Lounge in Boston, Massachusetts; at Club Waikiki in New York City; at the Scranton family estate in Scranton, Pennsylvania; on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota; at the Coleman and Schweppe family estates in Lake Forest, Illinois; and at parties at both Kathleen’s apartment and the apartment of Kennedy family friend Inga Arvad in Washington, D.C. Other locations pictured include Narragansett, Rhode Island; Greenwich, Connecticut; Lexington and Chatham, Massachusetts; Seminole, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Charleston, South Carolina. Family members pictured in photographs include Kathleen’s parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob/Bobbie” [sic] Kennedy; Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted/Teddy” Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; and cousin, Joseph Francis “Joey” Gargan, Jr. Over one hundred friends and acquaintances also appear in photographs, many of whom are identified in original captions. Those who appear more than once within the album include: Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Tom Killefer; Torbert "Torb" Macdonald; Richard J. “Dick” Cotter, Jr.; Nancy Van Vleck; Beverley A. “Bev” Bogert; C. Z. “Cizzie” Cochrane; John “Zeke” Coleman, Jr.; Nancy Tenney; Charlotte McDonnell; Francis Huger “Mac” McAdoo, Jr.; Cynthia “Cynth” McAdoo; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem/Leem” Billings; Thomas Henry “Harry” Dixon; John “Johnny” Pyne; Appie Whitney; Eben Pyne; Alison “Allie/Ally” Pyne; Cammann “Cam” Newberry; Constance “Connie” Shepard; James Ayer “Jim” Rousmaniere; Helen MacDonald; Marie Murray; Cyrus Robinson “Cy” Taylor; Nelson Macy, Jr.; William Fuller “Bill” Borland; George Morris Cheston; William Warren “Bill” Scranton; Abbott Widdicombe; Gaspard d’Andelot “Don” Belin; Harriet Bundy “Hattie” Belin; Stanley Rogers “Stan” Resor; Anne Reed; Charles Alfred “Chuckie/Chucky” Pillsbury; Jane "Pil" Pillsbury; Muriel Macy; Demarest "Demi" Lloyd, Jr.; George Houk Mead, Jr.; Richard R. “Dick” Flood; Elizabeth Wayne “Betty” Coxe; Charles “Chuck” Spalding; Inga Arvad; and Mary Dickey. Also pictured are industrialist Henry Ford, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill. Original handwritten captions are written in black ink on many of the leaves. This photograph album contains 636 photographic prints and two photo fragments.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00583N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., swims with his family in the pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Edward M. Kennedy (seated on his father's shoulder), Jean Kennedy (foreground), Patricia Kennedy, family friend Mary O'Keefe, Rosemary Kennedy, and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "Bob, Mr. K., Ted, Jean, Pat, Mary O'K, Rose, Mrs. K."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00129N
Edward M. Kennedy (kicking in the water) swims with the help of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (holding his son afloat), in the shallow end of the pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00126N
Edward M. Kennedy swims with the help of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (holding his son afloat), in the shallow end of the pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "Palm Beach March 1935, Mr. K., Ted."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00109N
Edward M. Kennedy (right) jumps into the swimming pool at the Kennedy family home as his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (left, standing in the pool with arms outstretched), prepares to catch him. Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-049-002.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00108N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (left), poses with his son, Edward M. Kennedy, in the shallow end of the swimming pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "Palm Beach March 1935, Mr. K., Ted."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00544N
Robert F. Kennedy (fourth from right) stands at the edge of the pool with several other swimmers in preparation for a race at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "February 1935, Races at Sea Spray Club, Bob."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00320N
Eunice Kennedy (left) stands in the shallow end of the pool after competing in a swimming race at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-049-002.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00303N
Patricia Kennedy (center left, with back to camera) walks in the shallow end of the pool, during swimming races at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida; Edward M. Kennedy (left) stands at the edge of the pool, with back to camera. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "February 1935, Races at Sea Spray Club, Ted, Pat."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00163N
View of the swimming pool at the Sea Spray Club in Palm Beach, Florida, as swimmers compete in a race.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00153N
Eunice Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., (in background, walking along edge of the pool at center left) watch as swimmers compete in a race at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "February 1935, Races at Sea Spray Club, Eunice, Joe."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00103N
Robert F. Kennedy (third from right) and several other swimmers prepare to push off the wall in the pool during a race at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida; an unidentified swimming instructor (gesturing with his left arm) stands at edge of pool at right. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "February 1935, Races at Sea Spray Club, Bob."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00319N
Robert F. Kennedy (left, wearing boxing gloves) and his opponent stand in opposite corners of the ring, during a boxing match on the beach at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. An unidentified instructor (back to camera, with arms outstretched) referees the match; children observe from outside the ring. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-046-001 reads, "Boxing at Sea Spray, Bob."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00318N
Robert F. Kennedy (left, wearing boxing gloves) and his opponent stand in opposite corners of the ring, during a boxing match on the beach at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. An unidentified instructor (center, with back to camera) referees the match; children observe from outside the ring. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-046-001 reads, "Boxing at Sea Spray, Bob."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00315N
Edward M. Kennedy (center left, wearing boxing gloves) spars with his opponent, during a boxing match on the beach at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida; an unidentified instructor (standing between the two boys) referees the match. Children observe from outside the ring.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00313N
Edward M. Kennedy (left, wearing boxing gloves) and his opponent sit in opposite corners of the ring, during a boxing match on the beach at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. An unidentified instructor stands in the ring at center; children observe from outside the ring. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-046-001 reads, "Boxing at Sea Spray, Ted."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00145N
Edward M. Kennedy and his opponent touch gloves in the center of the ring, during a boxing match on the beach at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. An unidentified instructor (crouching between the two boys) referees the match; children observe from outside the ring. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-046-001 reads, "Boxing at Sea Spray, Ted."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00169N
Jean Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy (first and second from right, with backs to camera), and several other children bend down to touch their toes during a calisthenics class on the beach at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. Robert F. Kennedy (with hand raised to his chin) observes from center right; an unidentified instructor (with arms raised over his head) stands in center left. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-049-002.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00159N
Edward M. Kennedy (far right, lying on his stomach in the sand) takes part in a fitness class with several other children on the beach at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida; instructor in center left is unidentified. [Notes: Original inscription on recto of vintage print reads, "Ted," with an arrow marking his location. See also vintage print in album KFC-046-001.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00158N
Edward M. Kennedy (second from left, in foreground) and Jean Kennedy (center right, facing away) line up on the beach with several other children during a fitness class at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Original inscription on verso of vintage print reads, "Feb. 4, '35, Ted and his blonde already for a relay."]