Howard Baird
Howard Baird was often the captain of the Caroline, the private plane of JFK. He was at the controls for the last flight of Kennedy…
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Jacques Lowe
Jacques Lowe was German photographer who was a favored Kennedy family lensman. A political refugee, Lowe had been hired in 1958 by Bobby Kennedy to…
Janet DesRosiers
Janet DesRosiers was a regular flight attendant, then called a stewardess on the private Kennedy plane the Caroline. One of her jobs was to give JFK…
October 27, 1963
JFK, Jackie, Caroline, and John Jr. (along with nanny Maud Shaw) boarded Marine One for the flight to Atoka. After arriving, the family attended mass…
March 31, 1963
JFK was at Camp David with Jackie and his children. Dressed in a blue blazer, white shirt, dark tie, and gray slacks, JFK spent part…
March 3, 1963
In a somewhat unusual move, JFK traveled to the airport to meet his family flying back to Washington, D.C. from Palm Beach on the Caroline….
October 10, 1962
JFK gave photographers access to his children Caroline and John, Jr. in this iconic photograph taken in the Oval Office. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy tried…
March 29, 1962
Jackie Kennedy returned to Washington on this Thursday after her successful trip to India and Pakistan. JFK was at the airport when she arrived and…
Thanksgiving
JFK and Jackie spent a quiet and relaxing Thanksgiving with a few friends in their Georgetown home. In the evening, JFK boarded the Caroline for…
November 9, 1960
In the morning, JFK, who had gone to bed not knowing the results of the election, is awoken by Caroline with the words, “Good morning,…
August 10, 1960
August 10, 1960 Taking a late summer break from the presidential campaign, JFK was in Hyannisport with his wife and daughter Caroline and was photographed…
April 5, 1960
JFK narrowly wins the Wisconsin primary Hubert Humphrey. Kennedy was out of the state when the polling began but flew in aboard his plane the…
March 28, 1958
JFK is photographed in a famous shot of him in his Georgetown home leaning down to smile at his infant daughter Caroline who is seen…
March 25, 1958
JFK, Jackie and Caroline are photographed in their Georgetown home. JFK had lunch with his cousin in-law New Jersey Congressman James Auchincloss in the Speaker’s…
November 27, 1957
JFK becomes a father with the birth of his first child Caroline, named after Jackie’s sister whose full name was Caroline Lee. The baby was…
July 21, 1957
News of Jackie’s pregnancy with Caroline is broken by David Barnett who was head of the Washington bureau of the North American Newspaper Alliance. He…