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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-29-A
KN08
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-09
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] decision to enter politics right after WWII; JFK’s campaign for the House of Representatives and Kennedy family and supporters’ roles in it; JFK as a campaigner, strengths and weaknesses; traveling around the world with JFK in 1951 and meeting foreign leaders; JFK’s interest in foreign affairs while in Congress; JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Massachusetts Democratic Party; Adlai E. Stevenson; Paul A. Dever; the tea parties for JFK’s campaigns; the organization of JFK’s 1952 campaign; and the 1956 Democratic National Convention and the question of the vice-presidential nomination, among other issues.
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
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18932
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18931
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18930
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18928
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18929
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Collection
BGNPC
Photographs, circa 1897-1962, created and collected for publication in The Boston Globe. Photographs include early images of the John F. Fitzgerald family, the Joseph P. Kennedy family, and John F. Kennedy from childhood through his tenure as Congressman.