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Collection
PCP
Photographs, 1919-1963 (bulk 1937-1963). Photographs of John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and colleagues, and his political activities. Contains photographs of Kennedy's early years, family homes, his naval service during World War II, and his political activities in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The largest portions of this collection cover Kennedy's Senate Years (1953-1960), and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-013-014
Contains 34 photographic prints and one duplicate print: (KFC75N, KFC77N (2 copies), KFC4356P (original negative is KFC75N), KFC90N, KFC94N, KFC98N, KFC78N, KFC80N, KFC1791N, KFC1801N, KFC1818N, KFC93N, KFC1794N, KFC1804N, KFC72N, KFC76N, KFC87N, KFC70N, KFC1795N, KFC79N, KFC92N, KFC1793N, KFC1796N, KFC1792N, KFC85N, KFC86N, KFC1803N, KFC1802N, KFC1805N, KFC83N, KFC1817N, KFC218N, KFC10N, KFC223N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-035
Contains 10 photographic prints: (KFC1833N, KFC3346P, KFC3347P, KFC1836N, KFC1840N, KFC1839N, KFC1838N, KFC1837N, KFC1835N, KFC1834N)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-077-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. “Jack” Kennedy, documents his time serving in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 through 1944, including his assignment in the Solomon Islands and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, as well as time spent on leave with family and friends. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “J.F.K.” The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper and magazine clippings, several pieces of correspondence, and other types of printed ephemera. Of note are clippings related to the rescue of the PT-109 crew near the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean following its sinking by a Japanese destroyer; Jack’s receipt of the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his actions in the aftermath of the attack on PT-109; his brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.’s military service and death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; the marriage of his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, to William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Billy Hartington’s death while serving in the British Army. Photographs show Jack in the Solomon Islands singly and with fellow U.S. Navy sailors, including George H. R. “Barney” Ross, James A. “Jim” Reed, Paul B. “Red” Fay, Allan “Al” Webb, Leon Emery Drawdy, Edman Edgar Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John Edward Maguire, Charles Albert Harris, Maurice L. Kowal, Andrew Jackson Kirksey, and Leonard "Lenny" Thom. Also pictured is Jack in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts and Palm Beach, Florida, with family, including his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, Joseph, Jr., Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis "Joey" Gargan, Jr.; and friends, Jim Reed, Julia Reed, Lenny Thom, Catherine “Kate” Thom, Barney Ross, Nancy Tenney, Red Fay, Bernie Lyons, Torbert Macdonald, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. Others who are pictured are U.S. Navy commissioned officers who served in the South West Pacific theater, including Commander Henry Charles Farrow, Jr.; Lt. Commander Robert Bolling Kelly; Commodore Edward J. “Mike” Moran; and Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Of note are two typed letters detailing Jack’s military orders during World War II; clippings related to and photographs of Jack receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Captain Frederick L. Conklin at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts; a typed letter awarding him a Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained during his command of PT-109; a typed letter awarding him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; a printed compilation of news releases issued by the “So-Pac Press,” a publication of the U.S. Naval Command in the South Pacific; a printed list of wartime instructions that American service members could distribute to native peoples in case of an emergency landing on one of the Solomon Islands; and a postcard sent to Jack with a handwritten message from his brother, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy, postmarked from Palestine and featuring an image of Jerusalem. This scrapbook contains 66 photographic prints and postcards, 64 newspaper and periodical clippings (including several full periodical pages), four typed letters, and two other printed documents.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01796N
Patricia Kennedy (left) sits on a couch at the Kennedy family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with an unidentified young woman. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-073-001. Negative is double exposed. The second, underlying image features Eunice Kennedy with Kennedy family friend, Torbert Macdonald (wearing United States Navy officer's dress blue uniform with Ensign insignia on sleeve), and an unidentified young woman.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01795N
Robert F. Kennedy (left) and Eunice Kennedy (center) sit on a couch at the Kennedy family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with an unidentified man (wearing United States Navy officer's dress blue uniform with Lieutenant Junior Grade insignia on sleeve). Jean Kennedy crouches in back, resting her elbows atop the back of the couch. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-073-001.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01793N
Kennedy family friend, Torbert Macdonald (wearing United States Navy officer's dress blue uniform with Ensign insignia on sleeve), touches his right hand to his face as he looks into a bathroom mirror at the Kennedy family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-073-001.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01840N
View of a United States Naval gun aboard a U.S. Navy ship in Hyannis, Port, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01839N
View of a United States Navy ship in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Notes: Negative is out of focus.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01838N
Kathleen Kennedy sits in the gunner's seat of a United States Naval gun aboard a U.S. Navy ship in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01836N
Kathleen Kennedy (right) sits beside an unidentified girl aboard a United States Navy ship in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01835N
View of a United States Navy seaplane (as seen from below) aboard a U.S. Navy ship in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01837N
Kathleen Kennedy (left) stands beside an unidentified sailor (center, wearing his United States Navy undress blue service uniform) and an unidentified girl on the deck of a U.S. Navy ship in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Notes: Negative is double exposed. The second, overlying image is not discernible.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01834N
An unidentified man (center) stands on a pier beside a gangplank in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; several men wearing United States Navy officer dress blue uniforms are also visible.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01833N
John F. Kennedy (left, facing away from camera) sits beside Kennedy family friend, Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings, and an unidentified girl aboard a boat off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; an unidentified sailor (wearing his United States Navy undress blue service uniform) sits at right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01791N
Kathleen Kennedy reclines outdoors on a wicker lounge chair with Kennedy family friend, Torbert Macdonald (wearing United States Navy officer's khaki work uniform), on the porch of the Kennedy family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-073-001.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00098N
John F. Kennedy and three of his sisters pose with Kennedy family friend, Torbert Macdonald, at their home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Left to right: Torbert Macdonald (wearing United States Navy officer's dress blue uniform with Ensign insignia on sleeve); Kathleen Kennedy; John F. Kennedy (wearing United States Navy officer's khaki work uniform); Eunice Kennedy; and Jean Kennedy (in front). [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-073-001.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00090N
John F. Kennedy dines with guests at the Kennedy family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Seated at table in foreground (L-R): Kennedy family friend, Muriel Macy; John F. Kennedy (wearing United States Navy officer's dress white uniform with Ensign insignia on shoulder board); unidentified woman. Edward M. Kennedy (left) and Jean Kennedy (partially hidden) sit at table in the background.