Beautiful Signed Photograph of Nelson Rockefeller, Inscribed to Washington Socialite, and Kennedy Confidant and Aide Joan Braden
As Jackie Kennedy once said, "That little freckle-faced girl does everything and goes everywhere and Jack and Bobby are forever asking her opinion.".
Joan Braden, along with her husband Tom, met while working for Governor and later Vice President Nelson Rockefeller in the 1950s, and then, thanks to a $100,000 loan from Rockefeller, bought a newspaper. Eventually they gravitated back to D.C., the center of power. Joan loved and admired Robert Kennedy, whose 1968 California primary campaign she co-chaired. The...
Joan Braden, along with her husband Tom, met while working for Governor and later Vice President Nelson Rockefeller in the 1950s, and then, thanks to a $100,000 loan from Rockefeller, bought a newspaper. Eventually they gravitated back to D.C., the center of power. Joan loved and admired Robert Kennedy, whose 1968 California primary campaign she co-chaired. The Bradens, along with John Glenn and Theodore White, gathered up the sleeping young Kennedy children from the Ambassador Hotel after their father was shot. Joan then picked a frantic Jackie Kennedy up at the LA airport and drove her through numerous red lights so that she could see her brother in law before he died.
Joan was most famous as a socialite, and her purported affairs were the scandal of Washington. Tom is best known as a Washington Post columnist and CNN "Crossfire" co-host. Along the way they raised eight children, and his book, "Eight is Enough", became the basis for the popular TV show.
Photograph Signed, an image of Rockefeller sitting with Joan Braden, approximately 8 by 10 inches. "To Joan Braden – A unique person. With admiration and affection from an old and grateful friend – very best wishes – Nelson Rockefeller."
This piece was acquired from the descendants of Joan and Tom Braden and has never before been offered for sale.
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