Life Magazine for November 21, 1960, "The Victorious Young Kennedys"
THF230400 / Life Magazine for November 21, 1960, "The Victorious Young Kennedys" / redacted
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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
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Cover photograph by Paul Schutzer. Published by Time Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Collection Title
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
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Related Content
SetThe Kennedys in the Media
- 28 Artifacts
Americans looked to popular media for information about John F. Kennedy and his family. Features on the Kennedys, especially those in magazines, fostered a sense of intimacy between them and the American public. These examples represent the complete, often personal media coverage of this enchanting family, from well before John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign to well beyond his 1963 assassination.