--- title: JFK and Jackie's Wedding: LIFE Photos From Newport, September, 1953 description: On the 60th anniversary of JFK and Jackie's 1953 wedding, LIFE.com presents a gallery of Lisa Larsen's pictures from the day. canonical: https://time.com/3494367/photos-jfk-and-jackies-wedding-1953/ author: Ben Cosgrove article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2013-08-07T17:52:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:27.539Z og:title: JFK and Jackie's Wedding: LIFE Photos From Newport, September, 1953 og:description: On the 60th anniversary of JFK and Jackie's 1953 wedding, LIFE.com presents a gallery of Lisa Larsen's pictures from the day. og:url: https://time.com/3494367/photos-jfk-and-jackies-wedding-1953/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a22c98f2337008f/6987602ae20a87b6c5a82645/jfk-jackie-wedding-14.jpg?branch=production&width=803&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 803 og:image:height: 452 og:image:alt: John and Jackie Kennedy on their wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: JFK and Jackie's Wedding: LIFE Photos From Newport, September, 1953 twitter:description: On the 60th anniversary of JFK and Jackie's 1953 wedding, LIFE.com presents a gallery of Lisa Larsen's pictures from the day. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a22c98f2337008f/6987602ae20a87b6c5a82645/jfk-jackie-wedding-14.jpg?branch=production&width=803&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Photos: JFK and Jackie's Wedding, 1953 > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Aug 7, 2013 5:52 PM UTC  Not published in LIFE. John and Jackie Kennedy on their wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Not published in LIFE. John and Jackie Kennedy on their wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953.Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Aug 7, 2013 5:52 PM UTC Long before the heady, rock star-like run for the White House, before “Ich bin ein Berliner,” before the Cuban Missile Crisis, the pillbox hats, Marilyn’s “Happy birthday, Mr. President,” Camelot and the limo drive through Dallas, John and Jackie Kennedy were a young newlywed couple much like any other newlywed couple — with one notable difference: by the time of their wedding they were, in a sense, already superstars. The pair had appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine mere months before their wedding, in July 1953, perched on the sloping deck of a sailboat off of Cape Cod, both of them smiling, windblown, emphatically New England-y, beside the cheeky headline, “Senator Kennedy Goes a-Courting.” They were both from prominent, monied, influential families, and they were frequently, together and apart, featured in what are still occasionally called the “society pages” of major newspapers. When they married in Rhode Island on September 12, 1953, it was national news. LIFE magazine sent photographer Lisa Larsen, then in her late 20s, to cover the highly publicized event. Her photos from the occasion offer not only a solid before-and-after record of the nuptials, but a surprisingly intimate chronicle of one of the most high-profile American weddings of the 20th century. Here, on the 60th anniversary of John and Jackie Kennedy’s wedding, LIFE.com presents a gallery of the very best of Lisa Larsen’s many pictures from that day. [\[See more of Lisa Larsen’s photography\]](http://life.time.com/culture/life-photographer-lisa-larsens-curiously-intimate-pictures-of-crowds/#1) For its part, LIFE magazine reported on the scene in an article in a Sept. 1963, issue: --- > “” ---  Caption from LIFE. "Bride and bridegroom finally sit down to lunch after the long, wearying ordeal of the receiving line. Jacqueline, whose wedding dress contained 50 yards of material, adjusts veil while her senator husband starts right in on fruit cup." Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier marry, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier marry, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Jacqueline Bouvier in gorgeous Battenburg wedding dress with her husband Sen. John Kennedy as they stand in front of church after wedding ceremony." Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Line of guests waiting patiently to congratulate the couple extends to the front lawn of bride's mother's 300-acre Hammersmith Farm at Newport." Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. John and Jackie Kennedy on their wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Jackie Kennedy on her wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier marry, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  John and Jackie Kennedy with ushers, bridesmaids and flower girls, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  John and Jackie Kennedy with groomsmen and other guests on their wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Speaker Joe Martin of House of Representatives congratulates bride and bridegroom in receiving line. Kennedy served three terms in the House." Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier marry, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Flower girl Janet Auchincloss, half sister of bride, talks to Kennedy while bride looks out window at guests waiting to go through receiving line." Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. John and Jackie Kennedy on their wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Guests, including Robert Kennedy, watch as newly married John and Jackie Kennedy cut their wedding cake, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Jacqueline Kennedy on her wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Slice of wedding cake is offered bridegroom by flower girl Janet at the luncheon. Kennedy had already had some cake so did not want any more." Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. John and Jackie Kennedy on their wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Jacqueline Kennedy on her wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Guests at the wedding reception for John and Jackie Kennedy, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Jacqueline Kennedy dances with her husband, John F. Kennedy, at their wedding reception, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Jacqueline Kennedy dances with her new father-in-law, Joseph P. Kennedy, at wedding reception, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Jacqueline Kennedy dances at her wedding reception, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. A girl with a flower at John and Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding reception, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Jacqueline Kennedy on her wedding day, Newport, R.I., Sept. 12, 1953. Lisa Larsen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. 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