Official White House Kennedy Family Easter 1963 Signed Photograph.

KENNEDY, John F. [Jacqueline Kennedy].

$16,000.00

Item Number: 146994

Official White House photograph of the young Kennedy family in front of their family home in Palm Beach, Florida on Easter Sunday in 1963. Glossy color photograph featuring an image of President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy with their two young children Caroline and John, Jr. Inscribed by John F. Kennedy in the lower left portion of the photograph, “For Violet … with best wishes John F. Kennedy.” Dated beneath the inscription in another hand, “9/22/63.” In very good condition. Matted and framed. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17 inches. An iconic photograph, rare and desirable signed by JFK, as he passed away in the year this photograph was taken.

Sworn in as president on January 20, 1961, 41-year-old John F. Kennedy became the youngest person to be elected president in American history; 31-year-old Jacqueline Kennedy became the third youngest First Lady. As a presidential couple, the Kennedys differed from their predecessors, the Eisenhowers, by their relative youth and their relationship with the media. Historian Gil Troy has noted that in particular, they "emphasized vague appearances rather than specific accomplishments or passionate commitments" and therefore fit in well in the early 1960s' "cool, TV-oriented culture." Jacqueline Kennedy gave birth to daughter Caroline on November 27, 1957. At the time, she and husband John F. Kennedy were campaigning across Massachusetts for his re-election to the Senate, and they posed with their infant daughter for the now iconic cover of the April 21, 1958, issue of Life magazine. John F. Kennedy, Jr. was born at Georgetown University Hospital on November 25, 1960, less than three weeks following his father’s election as the 35th president of the United States. The Kennedys were great entertainers in Palm Beach, hosting many social events that brought together the most elite figures from politics and the arts. A fashion icon of the era, Jacqueline was courted by the best fashion designers in the world, often at private parties held at the Everglades Club on Worth Avenue. The coastal Kennedy estate on North Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach, Florida served as the "Winter White House" throughout the John F. Kennedy administration from 1961-1963.