Life Magazine for November 21, 1960, "The Victorious Young Kennedys"
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Even before John F. Kennedy was President, the youthful images of Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy could attract attention and sell magazines. This Life magazine cover, taken moments after victory had been announced, shows "the youngest President-elect in U.S. history" posing triumphantly with his mother Rose, wife Jacqueline, and sister Eunice in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Even before John F. Kennedy was President, the youthful images of Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy could attract attention and sell magazines. This Life magazine cover, taken moments after victory had been announced, shows "the youngest President-elect in U.S. history" posing triumphantly with his mother Rose, wife Jacqueline, and sister Eunice in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Date Made
21 November 1960
Subject Date
08 November 1960
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Cover photograph by Paul Schutzer. Published by Time Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Keywords
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.70.1
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 / THE VICTORIOUS YOUNG KENNEDYS
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