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Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-007-025
Contains 10 photographic prints: (KFC1412P, KFC2340P, KFC3520P, KFC3521P, KFC1037N, KFC2077P, KFC1993N, KFC1992N, KFC1036N, KFC3522P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-019
Contains 9 photographic prints: (KFC3390P, KFC656N, KFC660N, KFC658N, KFC657N, KFC655N, KFC659N, KFC661N, KFC3391P)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-067-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents the travels of the Kennedy family in 1938 and 1939 during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Of note are photographs of the family's trans-Atlantic voyage from the United States to London, England, aboard the S.S. Washington; their residence at 14 Prince's Gate in London; a Changing of Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace, including photos taken by Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy with his box camera; members of the Life Guards regiment of the British Army; the Serpentine recreational lake and Kensington Gardens in London; "Barroc End," the home the Kennedy family rented in Ascot, England; Paris, Fontainebleau, Barbizon, Cannes, Mougins, and Antibes, France; Interlakken, the Rhone Glacier, Lucerne, and the Little Scheidegg mountain pass in Switzerland; Cologne and Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany, as well as views from aboard a steamship on the Rhine River; Marken and Volendam, Holland (the Netherlands); Blarney and Cork, Ireland; Vatican City; and Rome, Italy. Those pictured include Rose; Joseph, Sr.; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia “Pat” Kennedy; Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Ted; Kennedy family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Governess to the Kennedy children, Elizabeth Dunn (referred to as “Dunn” in original captions); and nurse to the Kennedy children, Luella Hennessey. Many leaves contain original handwritten captions in white ink, although the handwriting does not belong to Rose and the writer has not been determined. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in black and blue ink and pencil on the versos of many photographs. This photograph album contains 150 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-066-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Edward M. “Teddy” Kennedy (likely with assistance from a governess, nurse, or family member), documents a wide range of activities of the Kennedy family in 1938 and 1939 during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. A handwritten note on the front free endpaper reads, “Teddy Kennedy / 14, Prince’s Gate / London, England” in black ink. Of note are clippings related to the family's trans-Atlantic voyage aboard the S.S. Washington and arrival in London in early 1938; their residence at 14 Prince's Gate in London; aspects of Ambassador Kennedy's diplomatic role, including his first levee (an audience with the king) at St. James's Palace in London, his first speech as Ambassador, and his impressions of the potential for war in Europe and of trade relations between Great Britain and the United States; Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr.’s participation in rugby at Harvard University; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy's attendance at a luncheon at the American Women's Club of London; Rosemary Kennedy and Eunice Kennedy’s arrival in London; Kathleen Kennedy and Rosemary's presentation as debutantes at the Court of St. James's; Teddy and Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy’s assistance at the ribbon cutting of London’s Children’s Zoo; and a family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland, following the Christmas holiday in 1938. Also of note are photographs of a mounted police officer and of the Changing of the Guard outside Buckingham Palace that were likely taken by Teddy on his box camera, as well as tickets to the Army versus Royal Air Force rugby match on March 26, 1938, and to the King’s Birthday Parade on June 9, 1938. This scrapbook contains 230 newspaper and magazine clippings, eight photographic prints, and three tickets.
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-00658N
Several unidentified people recline on wooden lounge chairs on the deck of the S.S. Washington. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-058-001 reads, "S.S. Washington." Spotting in right portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00657N
The Captain of the S.S. Washington (center, in uniform) sits on a wooden lounge chair on the deck of the S.S. Washington beside a woman identified as Mrs. Earle (second from left); two unidentified men sit on either side and an unidentified man stands at right. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-058-001 reads, "S.S. Washington, July 1937, Mrs. Earle, Capitan [sic] of Washington."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01993N
Patricia Kennedy plays shuffleboard on the deck of the S.S. Washington, en route to England. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-067-001 reads, "Scenes on board S.S. Washington, shuffleboard."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01992N
Robert F. Kennedy (wearing a coat and hat) poses on the deck of the S.S. Washington, en route to England. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-067-001 reads, "Scenes on board S.S. Washington, Bob on clear day."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00661N
Kennedy family friend, Olive Cawley, poses on the deck of the S.S. Washington.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00660N
Kathleen Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., stand on either side of their mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (seated, center) on the deck of the S.S. Washington, during a Kennedy family trip. [Notes: Spotting in lower portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00659N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., sits on the arm of a wooden lounge chair beside his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (seated, center), and his sister, Kathleen Kennedy (standing) on the deck of the S.S. Washington, during a Kennedy family trip. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-058-001 reads, "S.S. Washington." Negative is out of focus.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00656N
Kathleen Kennedy poses on the deck of the S.S. Washington, during a Kennedy family trip. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-058-001 reads, "S.S. Washington, July 1937, Kick." Spotting in upper right portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00655N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., leans against the railing on the deck of the S.S. Washington, during a Kennedy family trip. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-058-001 reads, "S.S. Washington, July 1937, Joe."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01037N
Kathleen Kennedy (right, mostly in shadow) stands beside a ping-pong table aboard the S.S. Washington, en route to England. [Notes: Image is underexposed.]