--- description: The pictures were taken in Cape Cod in August 1961 and depict the then First Couple in rare moments of candor. title: Rare JFK Vacation Photos to Be Auctioned image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rare JFK Vacation Photos Will Go Under the Hammer by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2015 8:46 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2015 8:46 AM CUT Rare photographs of John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline on vacation in Cape Cod will be [put up for auction](http://www.people.com/article/john-f-kennedy-jfk-jackie-bathing-suit-photos-auction "undefined") later this month. The pictures were taken in August 1961 and depict the then First Couple in rare moments of candor — the former president casually enjoying a meal at Listerine heiress Rachel ‘Bunny’ Mellon’s beach house, Jackie smoking a cigarette and JFK going for a swim in the bay. The photos are the latest in a series of JFK memorabilia to go under the hammer, with negatives from the couple’s wedding ceremony selling for $34,000 in October 2014. “They’re amazing pictures,” _Jackie Style_ author Pamela Keogh told _People_. “These were the masters of the universe in their downtime, sitting on beach chairs, smoking and eating clam chowder.” See two of the images [here](http://www.people.com/article/john-f-kennedy-jfk-jackie-bathing-suit-photos-auction "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3704575/jfk-kennedy-jackie-cape-cod-vacation-photos-auction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3704575/jfk-kennedy-jackie-cape-cod-vacation-photos-auction/"},"headline":"Rare JFK Vacation Photos Will Go Under the Hammer","datePublished":"2015-02-11T08:46:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:19:19.934Z","description":"The images are unusually relaxed and candid","url":"https://time.com/3704575/jfk-kennedy-jackie-cape-cod-vacation-photos-auction/","keywords":["John F. Kennedy","Photos","Auction","vacation","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3704575/jfk-kennedy-jackie-cape-cod-vacation-photos-auction/","name":"Rare JFK Vacation Photos Will Go Under the Hammer"}}]}] ```