JACKIE KENNEDY [1961-77] Photo archive

[Various: 1961-1977]. Set of 14 vintage original variously-sized black-and-white single and double weight glossy and matte silver gelatin photos. All have publisher ink stamps, date stamps and handwritten notes, many with original paper blurbs attached on verso. Use and handling wear, overall near fine.

Jacqueline Lee “Jackie” Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. She redefined the mostly ceremonial role into a platform for arts and culture, by hosting multiple high-profile events at the White House and leading its restoration into a historical site. Through her fashion and cultural literacy, she improved the global standing of the United States during the politically volatile Cold War. Her personal style became known as the “Jackie Look”, which inspired worldwide fashion trends during the 1960s. When her husband was assassinated in 1963, she planned his state funeral to imitate President Abraham Lincoln’s almost a century earlier. After leaving the White House, she moved with her children to New York City and, in 1968, married Greek businessman Aristotle Onassis. They remained married until his death in 1975. Jackie went on to have her own career as an editor in the publishing world. (Wikipedia)

Group includes images of her as first lady, as ambassador in other countries during the early 1960s, as fashion icon, during her husband’s funeral, in New York during the Onassis years and her life after Onassis. Specific images include: With Grace Kelly,  Princess Grace in 1961; at the Parthenon in Greece, 1961; in a 1962 fashion parade; helping black children, 1962; 1961 bathing suit shots; grieving with her children, 1963; with Muhammad Ali, 1977; and out and about in New York City, 1969-1973.