1953: Jackie and JFK, barefoot and newly engaged
Newly hired editor Jackie Onassis in the Viking Press offices with company co-founder Thomas Guinzburg; September 1975. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images.To my extreme annoyance, neither author of the Jackie-as-editor bios (see one, Jackie as Editor: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, excerpted in the January issue) interviewed me for her book. After all, I worked a mere heartbeat away from Jackie (if not actually in the same building) in the early 1980s when I was an associate editor at The Dial Press, which had been acquired by Delacorte before being subsumed by Doubleday, where Jackie got her second job as an editor. True, I have no actual first-hand stories about the former first lady as Max Perkins, but I hungrily collected other people’s Jackie stories, which, it must be admitted, were sometimes more than a few generations removed from the actual event by the time they got to me. These stories may not be accurate, but they are here.
More than 650 items belonging to former President Kennedy were found locked away at the home of a former adviser who worked alongside the president for his entire political career. The lot, which includes rare photographs, clothing and other personal items will be auctioned off next month.
A look back at the iconic first lady's famous style.
If you’re a hand embroiderer, a quilter, a textile artist, or a crafter, you’ve probably run into situations where you could add words, text, and lettering to your projects. Hand embroidery is an excellent way to personalize gifts, household objects, momentos, quilts, journal covers – just about anything! Writing with your needle and thread can ...
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1929 - 1994) and John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963) holding hands and smiling while walking through a room in the Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. They are wearing formal attire.May 1956.
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Rare shots of the political power couple showcase their early life together.
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A huge collection of pictures of fashion icon, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, wife of JFK and Ari Onassis, she was one of history's more stylish women...
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Incredible footage has emerged of 28-year-old Jackie Kennedy running domestic errands for her husband JFK in 1957. She also gives a tour of the couple's Georgetown home on this rare talkshow appearance.
Masquerades and Magic!! Yes!! How much fun we all have dressing up…imagining ourselves as others!! A little “pretend!”
More than 50 years after JFK’s assassination, an expert looks at the top conspiracy theories still out there.
The former FLOTUS lived a fascinating life.
On the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, LIFE.com presents a series of pictures from the inauguration of another young president who faced unprecedented challenges, and expectations.
On the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, LIFE.com presents a series of pictures from the inauguration of another young president who faced unprecedented challenges, and expectations.
America was a different place in the moments before 12:29 p.m. CT, Nov. 22, 1963.
A look back at the iconic first lady's famous style.
