[Rarebooks] FS: Photo of toddler JFK, Jr. Inscribed by Jackie Kennedy to the doctor who delivered him

[Charles Agvent]

KENNEDY, Jacqueline (Jackie) SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, JR., 
AS A TODDLER INSCRIBED TO THE DOCTOR WHO DELIVERED HIM.
Wonderful image (9-1/4" x 7-1/2") matted and framed to an overall size 
of 14-1/2" x 12-1/2" of toddler John John sitting on the grass playing 
with a puppy, looking straight at the camera. Poignantly INSCRIBED and 
SIGNED by Jacqueline Kennedy to her obstetrician, John Walsh, who 
delivered John, Jr. born on 25 November 1960, 17 days after his father 
was elected president, as well as Patrick, the Kennedy child who died 
after only 39 hours of life: "For John W. Walsh--/thank you for 
John/Jacqueline Kennedy." Walsh was also present at one of the saddest 
times in Jackie Kennedy's life, giving her a tranquilizer in the 
hospital while her husband's body was undergoing a post-assassination 
autopsy. The puppy in the photograph was the product of the very first 
meeting between Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet 
Union in Vienna in June 1961 to discuss primarily the German question, 
obviously not resolved as the Berlin Wall was built in August 1961. Both 
countries had recently launched their first manned space flights, Russia 
beating the U.S. by a month, and the Bay of Pigs incident had occurred 
in the spring of 1961. At a formal dinner during this meeting, seated 
beside Khrushchev, Mrs. Kennedy interrupted him saying, "Please don't 
bore me with statistics." He laughed, pulled his chair closer, and 
promised to send her a puppy from the dog the Soviets had just launched 
into space. This is the puppy, Pushinka. Superb Kennedy item. Colors 
bleached by the sun, but writing dark and bold. Near Fine    $7500.00
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