Photograph of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. with Grandchildren with Note from Jacqueline Kennedy
Artifact IDMO 2023.1
Object Type
Photograph
Date
April 1961
Photographer
First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
(35th First Lady of the United States, 1961-1963, American 1929-1994)
Medium
photograph, pencil on paper
Dimensionsframed H 20 1/2 in x W 9 1/8 in (52.1 cm x 23.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionBlack and white photograph taken by Jacqueline Kennedy of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. with grandchildren Steven Smith, Mary Courtney Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy on the White House lawn. The photograph is framed with a note from Jacqueline Kennedy.
The note written in pencil on White House letterhead reads: Dear Grandpa --/ With you + the W. House/ and the Washington monument/ + a bevy of grandchildren/ a photographers dream come true XO/ Jackie.”
The note written in pencil on White House letterhead reads: Dear Grandpa --/ With you + the W. House/ and the Washington monument/ + a bevy of grandchildren/ a photographers dream come true XO/ Jackie.”
Historical NoteThis photograph was given to Joseph P. Kennedy by Jacqueline Kennedy as a gift in 1961. The photograph hung in the Kennedy Family home in Hyannisport, MA
Additional DetailsCustodial History NoteItem was given to the John F. Kennedy LIbrary Foundation by Victoria Reggie Kennedy who obtained it through the estate of her husband, Senator Edward Kennedy. It was donated to the government by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in 2023. According to Eileen Driscoll, Cape House Project Manager, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Inc., the photo was displayed in the sunroom of Joseph and Rose Kennedy’s Hyannis Port house. It was reframed with the original note sometime after 2014.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Boston, MA: Gift of Victoria Reggie Kennedy
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesKennedy Family Collection (National Archives Identifier 1677120)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedIn Collection(s)
Not on view