Look Magazine for June 14, 1966, "JFK's Legacy: The Peace Corps"
THF230430 / Look Magazine for June 14, 1966, "JFK's Legacy: The Peace Corps" / redacted
01
Artifact Overview
Less than three years after President John F. Kennedy's tragic death, Look magazine commissioned Norman Rockwell to portray Kennedy's Peace Corps legacy. Rockwell symbolically depicted Kennedy leading the vanguard of Americans of all ethnicities in service to their country and the world. Kennedy viewed the Peace Corps as an opportunity to spread goodwill and as a positive weapon against the Cold War.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Date Made
14 June 1966
Subject Date
14 June 1966
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Cover artwork by Norman Rockwell, published by Cowles Magazines, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.75.3
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 / JFK'S LEGACY: THE PEACE CORPS
Keywords |
|---|
02
Related Content
SetThe Peace Corps
- 8 Artifacts
President John F. Kennedy recognized the Peace Corps as an opportunity to spread goodwill and as a positive weapon against the Cold War. Established March 1, 1961, by the end of the year, many Peace Corps volunteers had been trained and placed in overseas assignments. Here, a group leaves for the Philippines to serve as teachers' aides in country villages.
SetJFK Remembered
- 19 Artifacts
The public was enchanted by photographs and inside stories of the Kennedy family. The cover story in this Look magazine featured "An exclusive visit with our new first family." Photographs of young President John F. Kennedy with his attractive family fostered a sense of intimacy between the Kennedys and the American public--and, of course, sold magazines.