Born 1929 in Southampton, New York, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and First Lady of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
As a child, Onassis was a bright, curious and occasionally mischievous child. One of her elementary school teachers described her as "a darling child, the prettiest little girl, very clever, very artistic, and full of the devil."
Onassis enjoyed a privileged childhood of ballet lessons at the Metropolitan Opera House and French lessons beginning at age of 12. Like her mother, Onassis loved riding and was highly skilled on horseback. She won a national junior horsemanship competition at the age of 11 in 1940.
These adorable photos that show very young Jacqueline Bouvier when she was a child.
As a child, Onassis was a bright, curious and occasionally mischievous child. One of her elementary school teachers described her as "a darling child, the prettiest little girl, very clever, very artistic, and full of the devil."
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| Jacqueline Bouvier in the 1930s |
Onassis enjoyed a privileged childhood of ballet lessons at the Metropolitan Opera House and French lessons beginning at age of 12. Like her mother, Onassis loved riding and was highly skilled on horseback. She won a national junior horsemanship competition at the age of 11 in 1940.
These adorable photos that show very young Jacqueline Bouvier when she was a child.
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| Jackie Bouvier with Hoochie a Scottish Terrier, often identified as the first she owned, 1932 |
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| Jackie with her mother Janet, circa 1932 |
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| Little Jacqueline Bouvier with her Scotty dog, Hootchie at Central Park in New York City at Christmas, circa 1932 |
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| Three years old Jacqueline Bouvier is photographed in a party dress, with her mother Janet Norton Lee, circa 1932 |
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| Jackie at the age of four with her mother Janet, August 1933 |
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| Jacqueline Kennedy at age four, circa 1933 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier leading her pony, ‘Buddy,’ at the Southampton Riding and Hunt Club for the annual horse show, Long Island, New York, August 1934 |
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| John Bouvier stands with his wife, Janet, and daughter the Sixth Annual Horse Show of the Southampton Riding and Hunt Club on Long Island, 1934 |
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| Young Jacqueline Bouvier standing by Caroline Lee Bouvier in baby carriage, 1934 |
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| A young Jacqueline Bouvier, shown with her mother Janet Lee Bouvier in 1935, wins third prize in the family class at the East Hampton Horse Show on New York's Long Island |
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| Jackie (left) at age 6 with Lee, Jan. 1st, 1935 |
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| Jackie and her sister Caroline Lee on a summer's day in East Hampton, circa 1935 |
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| Jackie with her father John Vernou Bouvier at a Long Island horse show, 1935 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier and her sister, Lee, frolic on the beach at East Hampton, NY, 1935 |
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| Jacqueline rides a horse led by her father John Vernon, 1935 |
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| Six-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier in 1935 |
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| Young Jackie on the South Fork, 1935 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier and her friend Jane Renwick St John standing in a field at the Southampton Horse Show, Long Island, NY, 1937 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier at the Smithtown Horse Show, Long Island, NY, 1937 |
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| Jackie in her riding habit, 1938 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier, holding her dog, Tammy, during an Independence, July 4th 1938 |
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| 10-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier sitting on a fence during Memorial Day celebrations at the Turf and Field Club, Belmont Park, Long Island, New York on May 30th, 1939 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier seated with her dog Tammy at the dog show at East Hampton Fair, 1939 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier wearing a Native American Indian outfit as she poses with a horse at East Hampton Riding Club in 1939 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier, Mrs. Allan McLane Jr, and Jacqueline's mother, Mrs. John V Bouvier III in the stands at the Tuxedo Horse Show, 1939 |
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| Jacqueline on her horse, ‘Danseuse,’ during the Smithtown Horse Show in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, 2nd September 1939 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier at age 11, 1940 |
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| Young Jackie wearing her riding gear at the East Hampton Horse Show, Long Island, New York, August 23rd, 1941 |
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| Jacqueline Bouvier attending Miss Chapin's School in New York |
