Museum object · Books and Published Materials
Robert F. Kennedy: Promises to Keep
1969
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A first edition, hardcover edition of Robert F. Kennedy: Promises to Keep written by Robert F. Kennedy, with an introductory note by Ted Kennedy. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and adhesive binding. The book’s paper dust jacket features a color photograph of Kennedy is standing in front of a building with large glass windows. Kennedy is depicted from the thighs up, standing in profile, with his body turned towards the spine edge of the book. His hands are in his suit pants pockets and he is looking downwards. Kennedy wears a gray suit, gray tie, and a white dress shirt. Between Kennedy and the building is a white panel with long black diagonal lines. White text printed at the top reads [Robert F. Kennedy: / Promises To Keep / With an Introductory Note by Edward M. Kennedy].
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Catalog reference: 2011.12.52.22
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