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Scrapbooks and albums: Kennedy children and others, 1927-1936

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Digital Identifier:
KFC-047-001
Title:
Scrapbooks and albums: Kennedy children and others, 1927-1936
Date(s) of Materials:
1927-1936
Folder Description:
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.
Extent:
1 photograph album (98 pages; 7.283 x 11.339 x 1.969 inches)
Collection:
Kennedy Family Collection
Finding Aid | Digitized Content
Series Number:
2.
Preferred Citation:
Copyright John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Kennedy Family Collection. Scrapbooks and albums: Kennedy children and others, 1927-1936. KFC-047-001. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
Person(s):
Bastien, Alice Cahill
Billings, Lem (Kirk LeMoyne), 1916-1981
Buddy (Dog)
Capps, Mary Veronica Rice, 1918-2012
Conboy, Katherine, 1882?-
Dunn, Elizabeth
Gargan, Agnes Fitzgerald, 1892-1936
Gargan, Joseph Francis, Sr., 1890-1946
Gravalos, Mary Evans, 1921-2006
Kennedy family
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1915-1944
Kennedy, Kathleen, 1920-1948
Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 1890-1995
Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005
Lawford, Patricia Kennedy, 1924-2006
Marion, Frances, 1888-1973
Moore, Edward E., 1877?-1953
Newman, Mary Frances, 1919-2003
Shriver, Eunice (Eunice Kennedy), 1921-2009
Skippy (Dog)
Smith, Jean Kennedy, 1928-2020
Thomson, Frederick Clifton, 1890-1928
Physical Description:
1 photograph album (98 pages; 7.283 x 11.339 x 1.969 inches)
Media Type:
Bound Volume
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