[Rarebooks] FS: Photo of JFK, Jr. with Khrushchev puppy, Inscribed by Jackie 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  Caroline  and
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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