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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-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
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-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-01042N
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-01600N
Kennedy family friends, C.Z. "Cizzie" Cochrane, Diana Maria Gerli, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. (right), pose with an unidentified man (second from right, wearing United States Air Force service uniform) in the courtyard at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-073-001.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02003N
Patricia Kennedy (right) and Maria Sieber, daughter of actress Marlene Dietrich, ride in a paddle boat near Cannes, France, during a Kennedy family trip to the French Riviera; writing on boat reads, "Le Pedalo." [Notes: Obstruction in front of lens.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01956N
Kennedy family friend, Sir James Calder (center), poses with the Kennedy children on a path in Regent's Park in London, England. Left to right: Robert F. Kennedy, Sir Calder, Edward M. Kennedy (front, center), Jean Kennedy.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01603N
Singer and Kennedy family friend, Morton Downey (seated), leans back in a wicker chair in the courtyard of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday; Kennedy family dog, Fury (center), reclines near Mr. Downey.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01964N
Kennedy family friends, Edward E. Moore, and Mary Moore, pose in the grass outside "Barroc End," the home the Kennedy family rented in Ascot, England. [Notes: Streaking at edges is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01095N
Kennedy family friend, Torbert Macdonald, runs on the lawn of Prince's Gate Garden, behind the residence of the United States Ambassador to Great Britain, in London, England; a dog is visible in background at right. [Notes: Blurred image is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01090N
Kennedy family friends, Hugh Fraser and Tom Egerton (seated in back), and an unidentified man (wearing hat) visit with Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (mostly out of frame at left), on the porch of a cabana at the Hotel du Cap d'Antibes in Antibes, France, during a Kennedy family trip to the French Riviera; an unidentified man sits in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01088N
Kathleen Kennedy and friend, Sarah Norton (left, holding bathing cap), stand outside a cabana at the Hotel du Cap d'Antibes in Antibes, France, during a Kennedy family trip to the French Riviera; several items of clothing dry atop cushions in the foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01189N
The Kennedy children pose with Kennedy family friend, Mary Moore, their governess, Elizabeth Dunn, and nurse, Luella Hennessey, on steps outdoors in Rome, Italy, during a Kennedy family trip. Left to right: Patricia Kennedy, Mrs. Moore, unidentified person (partially visible), Eunice Kennedy, Miss Dunn, Edward M. Kennedy (partially visible), Robert F. Kennedy, Miss Hennessey.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01121N
Edward M. Kennedy (left) poses with Kennedy family friend, Mary Moore, outside St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, during a Kennedy family trip.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01120N
Eunice Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, and Kennedy family friend, Mary Moore, stand outside the church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy, during a family trip; Jean Kennedy (second from right) and Kennedy family nurse, Luella Hennessey (far right) are seen walking down a set of stairs in the background. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-067-001.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01106N
Kennedy family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore, pose on the wooden steps outside an entrance to the Suvretta House hotel, during a Kennedy family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; Jean Kennedy (back left, in doorway) stands at the top of the stairs beside an unidentified man.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01105N
Kennedy family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore, pose on the wooden steps outside the Suvretta House hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland.