Life Magazine for November 21, 1960, "The Victorious Young Kennedys"

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Date Made

21 November 1960

Subject Date

08 November 1960

Creator Notes

Cover photograph by Paul Schutzer. Published by Time Inc., Chicago, Illinois.

Location

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