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Sale 2708 - Lot 165

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(PRESIDENTS.) Album of photographs of the three Kennedy brothers, kept by a longtime aide. 41 photographs, many around 9 x 13 inches, most with photographer or agency stamps on verso, plus a few clippings, sleeved in a looseleaf binder. 4to, original white boards, backstrip defective; minimal to minor wear to photographs; some inscribed to Melody Miller. Various places, 1961-1968 and undated
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Additional Details

Among the John F. Kennedy images here (all with photographer or agency stamps except as noted) are:

John F. Kennedy addressing a large crowd, "Berlin, 26th June '63" by Günther Reitz of Hamburg, 10½ x 11½ inches.

Two later prints of a John F. Kennedy portrait, by Leigh Wiener but not credited, bearing inked stamps dated 29 July 1968.

John F. Kennedy seated with his back to the camera, in the Oval Office, 13 x 8¾ inches, by Arthur Rickerby for Life Magazine, 13 April 1962 (illustrated).

Snapshot of Kennedy aide Melody Miller with a small exhibit of Kennedy memorabilia, 3¼ inches square, uncredited and undated.

Two official United Nations photographs of John F. Kennedy addressing the assembly, 10 x 8 inches, 25 September 1961.

Also included are 17 Robert F. Kennedy photographs with photographer or agency stamps. Well-known photographers Burton Berinsky, Bill Eppridge, and Cornell Capa all appear multiple times. A well-known Epppridge shot of Robert F. Kennedy and his dog running on a beach, 10 x 8 inches in color, is here uncredited. One shows him addressing a large crowd at the corner of 111th and Madison in East Harlem, NY, 8 x 1 inches, by Vytas Valaitis, undated (illustrated). Another shows him greeting a crowd at night, surrounded by campaign signs, 9 x 13¼ inches, by Eppridge for Life Magazine, 27 October 1966 (illustrated). Two small uncredited snapshots are captioned "Robert Kennedy shakes hands with crowd as he arrives at Jacqueline Kennedy reception, Atlantic City," August 1964; and "RFK vacation," July 1965.

Also included is one credited portrait of Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, 8 x 9¾ inches, by Lionel Martinez of New York, undated.

Provenance: estate of Melody J. Miller (1945-2022), who began her career as an intern for Jacqueline Kennedy in 1963, was an aide to Robert F. Kennedy until his 1968 death, and then for 37 years was an aide to Ted Kennedy until her retirement.

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