Much of historic Lafayette Square, facing North Portico of the White House, was slated for demolition and replacement by grim and faceless office buildings before Jackie Kennedy helped to save it, 1961-1962: #JFKL
Yes, she is wearing that same suit.
Jackie Kennedy’s famous pink suit was actually an imitation Chanel design by a New York boutique called Chez Ninon, which allowed her to save money and also say she was buying American.
Today Mrs. Kennedy's pink suit is preserved in a temperature-controlled vault of the National Archives, and will not be viewed by the public for a very long time.
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Thanks to CBS News, people in Grand Central Terminal watch John Glenn launched on dangerous mission to become first American in earth orbit, sixty years ago this week: #Hausner
New Yorker cartoon by Joseph Farris:
Grand Central Terminal 1968, with large ads for Kodak, Newsweek, Merrill Lynch: #AP
Jacqueline Kennedy's wildly popular TV tour of newly-restored White House aired on Valentine's Day 1962, sixty years ago today: #JFKL
TV Guide on Jackie’s White House tour, aired sixty years ago today:
JFK later joked privately that he had “cried” over what he considered to be his wooden cameo appearance in Jackie’s TV White House tour, aired sixty years ago today: