Helen Hardin Jackson and Henry Jackson

Photographer Associated Press (founded 1846)

Sitter Helen Hardin Jackson (1933 Clovis, New Mexico - 2018 Everett, Washington)

Sitter Henry M. Jackson (1912 Everett, Washington - 1983 Everett, Washington)

DateDecember 16, 1961

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (19.8 × 16.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker

Object numberPA2019.041.034

DescriptionHelen (Hardin) Jackson leans toward her husband, Senator Henry M. Jackson, to kiss his face while he smiles at the camera after their wedding ceremony in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Helen Jackson wears a hat with a veil and Henry Jackson wears a tuxedo with a flower on his lapel. A caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Woman in a hat with a veil goes to kiss a man with a big smile and a carnation pinned to his suit lapel. The caption reads, “Albuquerque, N.M., Dec. 16 [1961] – WEDDING KISS – Mrs. Henry Jackson, the former Miss Helen Hardin, readies a kiss for her new husband, Sen. Henry (Scoop) Jackson, D-Wash., after their wedding here Saturday afternoon. The marriage climaxed a story book romance in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Jackson was a receptionist in New Mexico Sen. Clinton P. Anderson’s office and that it was there where the couple met.”

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