Original press photograph of Jackie and Edward Kennedy at John F. Kennedy's funeral, 1963

New York: United Press International, 1963. Vintage press photograph from the three-day state funeral of John F. Kennedy, showing widow Jackie Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, John's youngest brother, kneeling beside John's casket in the Capitol Rotunda on November 25, 1963. Date stamps and newspaper clippings on the verso.

A day after the November 22 assassination, Kennedy's body was brought back to Washington, where he was brought to the East Room of the White House for 24 hours. His body was then carried by horse-drawn caisson to the Capitol to lie in state, where his casket would be viewed by over 250,000 people over the course of the following 18 hours. He was finally laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on November 25, three days after his assassination.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

8.75 x 8.25 inches, archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 14 x 11 inches. Very Good, with touchups for print on the recto, and light discoloration and an annotation in manuscript pencil on the top margin of the recto.

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