“Rare Photos of the Kennedy Family Compound in Hyannis Port.

The history of the estate dates back to 1928.

BY JANAYA WECKER
JAN 11, 2022

PHOTO CAPTION:

1948

The Kennedys pose outside their Cape Cod getaway during Thanksgiving in 1948. Twenty years earlier, Joseph and Rose Kennedy purchased the cottage they had been renting for two summers. They immediately got to work enlarging and remodeling it to make space for their nine children, and in a matter of no time, transformed it into the sprawling property it is today. Historical / Getty Images.”