Life Magazine for September 7, 1962, "The Fun of Being Caroline Kennedy"

Summary

Americans were enchanted by the young John F. Kennedy family and they wanted to know more, always more. Photographs of any members of the Kennedy family sold magazines but the kids often stole the show. This Life magazine cover featured five-year-old daughter Caroline riding her pony Macaroni.

Americans were enchanted by the young John F. Kennedy family and they wanted to know more, always more. Photographs of any members of the Kennedy family sold magazines but the kids often stole the show. This Life magazine cover featured five-year-old daughter Caroline riding her pony Macaroni.

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Date Made

07 September 1962

Subject Date

07 September 1962

Creators

Time, Inc. 

Hawkins, Marshall, 1910-1988 

Place of Creation

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

Creator Notes

Cover photograph by Marshall Hawkins. Published by Time Inc., Chicago, Illinois.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2013.75.12

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 / On her Pony Macaroni / THE FUN OF BEING / CAROLINE KENNEDY

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