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Beatnik JFK: 1957

September 1957. "John F. Kennedy wearing sunglasses." Is that you behind those Foster Grants, future Mr. President? Photo by Toni Frissell. View full size.

September 1957. "John F. Kennedy wearing sunglasses." Is that you behind those Foster Grants, future Mr. President? Photo by Toni Frissell. View full size.

 

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Neither Ray-Ban nor Saratoga

Those sunglasses appear to be neither Ray-Ban nor the American Optical Saratoga model that JFK favored in the period after this photo was taken and throughout his Presidency. When I bought my first pair of Saratogas ($7.00, in 1968, rising to $12.00 by the time I bought my last, ca.1971), the optician commented, as I was paying for them, "These are the ones JFK wore."

Just when I thought-

I had seen every photo of the very well-documented JFK, another one surfaces. And after usually seeing him on our BW television or in the local paper's BW print, I was surprised by just how reddish brown his hair actually was upon seeing him in 1963, an unforgettable experience.

Jackie

Isn't this how Jackie Kennedy first met him? She was a photographer for a local newspaper here in Washington.

Not Raybans

Unless they've changed the style of the bows since the 50s, those are not Wayfarers.

SPC?

Southern Pacific Company - producer of telephone poles? What a great photo...

[The letters refer to the kind of pole, in this case southern pine treated with creosote. -tterrace]

Certainly Not

Maynard G. Krebbs

Ray Bans?

Gotta be Ray Bans - JFK was far too rich for Foster Grants

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