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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.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00455N
Rosemary Kennedy (right) poses with her brother, Edward M. Kennedy (kneeling center, with arms around unidentified dog), and three unidentified girls, on the lawn in Prince's Gate Garden behind the residence of the United States Ambassador to Great Britain, in London, England. [Notes: Negative is double exposed.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00633N
Edward M. Kennedy sits on a bicycle outside the Kennedy family home in Bronxville, New York. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-068-001 reads, "Ted."]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00631N
Jean Kennedy (standing on a rock) poses in the yard outside the Kennedy family home in Bronxville, New York. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-068-001. Streaking in right portion and at top and bottom edges of image is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00630N
Jean Kennedy (right) and Edward M. Kennedy (seated on a rock) pose in the rock garden near the gazebo outside the Kennedy family home in Bronxville, New York. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-068-001 reads, "Bronxville, Ted, Jean."]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01064N
Rosemary Kennedy (left, wearing hat) poses beside Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice, outside a tent near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
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Rosemary Kennedy (right, wearing hat, holding cigarette and purse) sits beside an unidentified man (left) and woman on a wooden bench near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01060N
Rosemary Kennedy (center, wearing hat, holding cigarette and purse) sits between Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (right), and an unidentified woman, on a wooden bench near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01059N
Rosemary Kennedy (center, wearing hat, holding purse in her lap) sits between Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (right), and an unidentified woman, on a wooden bench near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01058N
Rosemary Kennedy (center, wearing hat, holding purse and gloves) poses between Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (left), and an unidentified woman, beside the pool at Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip; a life preserver hanging in background reads, "KILCRONEY."
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01057N
Rosemary Kennedy (middle, wearing hat, holding purse) poses between Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (right), and an unidentified woman, in front of a life preserver at Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip; writing on life preserver reads, "KILCRONEY."
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01056N
Rosemary Kennedy (middle, wearing hat, holding purse and gloves) stands between an unidentified woman (left) and man, in front of a life preserver at Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip; writing on life preserver reads, "KILCRONEY."
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Kennedy Family Collection
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Rosemary Kennedy (wearing hat, holding purse and gloves on her lap) sits beside a newspaper on a couch in Kilcroney Castle in Bray, during her trip to Ireland.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01051N
Rosemary Kennedy (left, wearing hat, holding gloves and purse in her lap) sits on a couch beside an unidentified woman in Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01050N
Rosemary Kennedy (center, wearing hat, holding letter) sits on a couch between Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (left), and an unidentified woman, in Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01049N
Rosemary Kennedy (center, wearing hat, holding a letter) sits on a couch between Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (left), and an unidentified woman, in Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01048N
Rosemary Kennedy (center, wearing hat, holding a letter) sits on a couch between Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (left), and an unidentified woman, in Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01047N
Rosemary Kennedy (left, wearing hat, holding cigarette) poses with Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (right), and an unidentified woman, beside a car near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01046N
Rosemary Kennedy (left, wearing hat, smoking cigarette) poses with an unidentified woman (middle) and man beside a car near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
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Rosemary Kennedy (left, wearing hat, holding cigarette and coat) stands beside a car with an unidentified woman (middle) and man near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
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Rosemary Kennedy (right, wearing hat, holding cigarette and coat) stands with Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (middle), and an unidentified woman, beside a car near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01041N
Rosemary Kennedy (right, wearing hat, holding cigarette and coat) poses with Kennedy family friend, Betty Rice (middle), and an unidentified woman, beside a car near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, Ireland, during a trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01040N
Rosemary Kennedy (wearing hat, holding cigarette and coat) poses beside a car near Kilcroney Castle in Bray, during her trip to Ireland.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02039N
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (seated on viewing platform at right, wearing hat and gloves) observes as regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England; the royal procession (on horseback) is visible at center.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02739N
United States Ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (seated center), dines with his sons, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (left), and Edward M. Kennedy (partially obscured by serving tray), in the dining room at the U.S. Embassy residence in London, England; several unidentified household staff are also visible.