JFK wooed New York

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Jul 27, 2017

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John F. Kennedy sits atop a car with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, waving during a parade up Broadway in 1960.

John F. Kennedy may have been Boston-born and DC-based, but his love affair with New York City is the stuff of legends. Here’s a look at JFK’s love affair with New York City. John F. Kennedy sits atop a car with his wife Jackie, waving during a ticker tape parade up Broadway in 1960. John F. Burns/New York Times Co./Getty Images

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Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts waves to friends at LaGuardia Airport, June 26, 1953, before leaving with his red-haired bride-to-be, Jacqueline Bouvier, for his father's Cape Cod home for a weekend of sailing.

Then-Sen. John F. Kennedy waves before leaving fiancee Jackie, for Cape Cod in 1953. Bettmann/Corbis

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The dapper couple joins Jack’s sister Eunice at a philanthropic benefit in 1957 at the Waldorf. Bettmann/Corbis

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John and Jackie arrive in 1954 at a Manhattan hospital for a risky operation to relieve his back pain. Bettmann/Corbis

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Jackie holds baby Caroline as she’s baptized by the Boston archbishop on 1957 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Bettmann/Corbis

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Then-Sen. Kennedy leads Terrence Dunne, of Manhattan, in reciting the Eagle Scout oath in 1958. Bettmann/Corbis

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Ex-President Harry Truman gets laughs from JFK and other Dems at the Waldorf in 1959. Bettmann/Corbis

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JFK and wife Jackie ride atop a convertible in October 1960 through a throng of admirers on lower Broadway. The Democratic nominee was showered along the route by ticker tape amid the big push for votes a month before the election.

JFK and wife Jackie ride atop a convertible in October 1960 through a throng of admirers on lower Broadway. Bettmann/Corbis

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Sen. John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at a rally in front of the hotel Theresa in Harlem. Kennedy made a half dozen speeches or appearances in and around the city during the second of a three-day bid for New York State's 45 electoral votes.

Sen. John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at a rally in Harlem. He made a half dozen appearances around the city during the second of a three-day bid for New York State’s 45 electoral votes. Bettmann/Corbis

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The Democratic presidential nominee and Jackie enjoy a ticker-tape parade up Broadway in 1960. Cornell Capa/Magnum Photos

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Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy rides on a car with wife Jackie in a ticker tape parade.

The parade was an important part of Kennedy’s campaign tour. Bettmann/Corbis

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A beaming John and Jackie win the admiring gazes of New Yorkers during the 1960 campaign. Paul Schutzer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

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Ticker Tape Parade given to Senator John Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in New York

Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline at the New York ticker tape parade Bettmann/CORBIS

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The Democratic nominee was showered along the route by ticker tape amid the big push for votes a month before the election. Bettmann/Corbis

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Campaigning for New York’s important 45 electoral votes, the Democratic Presidential candidate received what his aides called “the greatest demonstration yet.” Bettmann/Corbis

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Nominees JFK and Richard Nixon join Francis Cardinal Spellman at a 1960 charity event. Bettmann/Corbis

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1960 presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon participate in a debate in New York. AP Photo

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John F. Kennedy leaves the Hotel Carlyle. Louis Liotta

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Citizens fill Madison Square Garden in 1962 during a rally with then President Kennedy for Medicare. AP

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Marilyn Monroe stands between Robert Kennedy (left) and John F. Kennedy in May 1962 in New York. Cecil Stoughton/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

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President Kennedy meets with singer Harry Belafonte and Julie Belafonte during a 1962 birthday party for the president in New York. EPA

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Actress Marilyn Monroe sings "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, for his upcoming 45th birthday.

Marilyn Monroe sings “Happy Birthday” to Kennedy at Madison Square Garden for his upcoming 45th birthday. Bettmann/Corbis

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