Life Magazine for January 26, 1962, "Hard-headed, Hard-driving Kid Brother"
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Kennedy family members often appeared on the covers of Life magazines during the early 1960s, attracting attention and increasing magazine sales. This Life cover story features President Kennedy's "kid brother" Robert. As the President's Attorney General and most trusted adviser, "Bobby" Kennedy was called in this article "a political phenomenon such as never quite existed before in the United States."
Kennedy family members often appeared on the covers of Life magazines during the early 1960s, attracting attention and increasing magazine sales. This Life cover story features President Kennedy's "kid brother" Robert. As the President's Attorney General and most trusted adviser, "Bobby" Kennedy was called in this article "a political phenomenon such as never quite existed before in the United States."
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Date Made
26 January 1962
Subject Date
26 January 1962
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Cover photograph by Philippe Halsman. Published by Time Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.75.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 14 in
Width: 10.5 in
Inscriptions
Text on front cover: LIFE / Hard-headed / Hard-driving / Kid Brother / Capital's No. 2 man, / Bob Kennedy close in
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