Look Magazine for October 11, 1960, "The Kennedy Women"

THF230397 / Look Magazine for October 11, 1960, "The Kennedy Women"
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Artifact Overview

Kennedy family members often appeared on the covers of Life and Look magazines during the early 1960s, attracting attention and increasing magazine sales. This Look cover story featured "the Kennedy women," whom the article called "bright, energetic, and determined" in a way that "the American political scene has never seen."

Artifact Details

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Date Made

11 October 1960

Subject Date

11 October 1960

Creator Notes

Photograph of Jacqueline Kennedy by Yousuf Karsh. Published by Cowles Magazines, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2013.69.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 13.25 in
Width: 10.5 in

Inscriptions

Text on front cover: LOOK / THE KENNEDY WOMEN...
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