Weekly pictures of John F. Kennedy & friends.
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A clarification of some tags:
Childhood - Dates from the persons' birth until around the marriage of their first spouse. It tends to end in the mid 40's to the mid 50's.
Pre-Camelot - Implies a period between any of the persons' in the pictures marriage date and officially ends on Election Day of 1960.
Quotes - Rather than a 'standard' quote from a Kennedy, it's usually a story of an incident often in their words.
Authors misc - My own personal notes that may or may not relate to the subject matter at hand.
_____ Family - It branches off to a specific thread of the Kennedy clan not immediately the children of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald.
1st Generation - Refers to the likes of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and other parents of that generation or even earlier, like Jack's grandfather, John Fitzgerald.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy leaves the White House with son John F. Kennedy Jr., in her arms as a limousine awaits them both outside. (1962)
Twenty Favorite Richard Avedon Portraits | Caroline Kennedy & John F. Kennedy, Florida, 1961
The president-elect lands in Washington with his family, including young Caroline in arms, just three days after the election.
A 1960 Campaign interview with Myrna Loy and Jacqueline Kennedy.
Myrna: All women want to know the answer to this question: does your husband want a boy or a girl?
Jackie: Well, he’s wonderful about it. He never says he wanted either, even in Caroline’s case, and I think he wants a boy even less as he’s so delighted with this girl, I think he wants another.
Myrna: In California, Senator Kennedy was saying it was going to be a boy. What does Mrs. Kennedy have to say about that?
Jackie: [Laughs, looking visibly embarrassed] Well, maybe he’s right.
Myrna: Mrs. Kennedy was asked about what she thought about living in the White House, did she think the First Lady influenced the life of the White House, or vice versa? Had she thought about that?
Jackie: Yes, ah, well I don’t think the White House can ever completely belong to one person, it belongs to the people of America. I think whoever lives in it, as the First Lady, she should preserve its conditions, and enhance it, and leave something or herself there. But she shouldn’t leave it an empty museum.
(via likeadoll)
More candid moments with Jackie and Caroline (1959)
Pictures from the late 1950’s tend to be my favorite, if you couldn’t tell. Also, don’t forget to recommend this blog under “historical” for Tumblr Tuesday if you haven’t already!