History Bytes: The Walsh Family at Hammersmith Farm

March 26, 2013
A color postcard-type image depicting the Alexander Walsh Family with President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy. Jr. from the NHS collections. The original photograph was taken at Hammersmith Farm, most likely on the occasion of a singing performance by the Walshes.

A color postcard-type image depicting the Alexander Walsh Family with President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy. Jr. from the NHS collections. The original photograph was taken in September 1963 at Hammersmith Farm, most likely on the occasion of a singing performance by the Walshes.

On 22 September 1963 the Alexander R. Walsh family of Gibbs Avenue delivered a singing recital to President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy at Hammersmith Farm. The family performed widely in the early 1960s and appeared on The Ted Mack Amateur Hour several times.