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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.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02047N
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; spectators observe in foreground.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02045N
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; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Blemishes are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02044N
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; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02043N
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; spectators observe in foreground. [Partial double exposure and spotting are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02040N
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; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
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.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02038N
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; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02035N
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 (in background, on horseback) is visible at center right; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02033N
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 (in background, on horseback) is visible at center right; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02030N
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; spectators observe in foreground.
Photograph
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.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02046N
Members of the King's Life Guard are visible in the courtyard of the Horse Guards building on Whitehall road in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; Life Guards appear on foot at left (seen from behind) and mounted on horseback at right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02042N
Edward M. Kennedy (second from left, wearing coat and hat) and Jean Kennedy (fourth from left, partially visible) observe members of the King's Life Guard, in the courtyard of the Horse Guards building on Whitehall road in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; Life Guards appear on foot at left (carrying sabers) and mounted on horseback at right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02041N
The King's Life Guard (on horseback, carrying sabers), stand at attention in the courtyard of the Horse Guards building on Whitehall road in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; bystanders are visible in background.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02036N
Two members of the King's Life Guard (on horseback, carrying sabers), proceed in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; bystanders observe at right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02031N
A trumpeter leads the King's Life Guard (all on horseback), in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02029N
The Leader of Horse (right, carrying saber) and the King's Life Guard (all on horseback), stand at attention at the Horse Guards building on Whitehall road in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02010N
The King's Guard (background, visible through fence) stand at attention in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard. [Notes: Photograph by Edward M. Kennedy. See also vintage print in album KFC-066-001. Obstruction in front of lens.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02009N
The Band of the Guard's Division (playing various brass and woodwind instruments) marches on a street near Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; bystanders are visible at right. [Notes: Photograph by Edward M. Kennedy.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02007N
Bystanders (foreground) watch the Band of the Guard's Division (visible in background, playing various brass and woodwind instruments) march through the center gate at Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard. [Notes: Photograph by Edward M. Kennedy.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02006N
The King's Guard marches on a street near Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; bystanders are visible at right. [Notes: Photograph by Edward M. Kennedy.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02037N
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 (in background, on horseback) is partially visible at center right; spectators observe in foreground.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02034N
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 (in background, on horseback) is visible at center right; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02032N
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 (in background, on horseback) is visible at center right; spectators observe in foreground.