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Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA" title="Cuban Missile Crisis October 16-28, 1962" class="disable-click"></div></a></div><div class="texts-wrap"><div class="text-wrap"><a href="/collections/13194/cuban-missile-crisis-october-1628-1962"> Cuban Missile Crisis October 16-28, 1962 </a></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-item collection col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-6"><div class="grid-item-inner border-wrap"><div class="img-wrap"><a href="/collections/9291/ernest-hemingway-collection"><div style="max-height:nullpx; max-width:327px;" class="emuseum-img-wrap width-img-wrap" data-mediatype-id="57"><img src="/internal/media/dispatcher/10396/thumbnail" alt="Ernest Hemingway Collection" title="Ernest Hemingway Collection" class="disable-click"></div></a></div><div class="texts-wrap"><div class="text-wrap"><a href="/collections/9291/ernest-hemingway-collection"> Ernest Hemingway Collection </a></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-item collection col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-6"><div class="grid-item-inner border-wrap"><div class="img-wrap"><a href="/collections/9198/first-lady-jacqueline-kennedys-clothing"><div style="max-height:nullpx; max-width:327px;" class="emuseum-img-wrap width-img-wrap" data-mediatype-id="57"><img src="/internal/media/dispatcher/1852/thumbnail" alt="John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA" title="First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Clothing" class="disable-click"></div></a></div><div class="texts-wrap"><div class="text-wrap"><a href="/collections/9198/first-lady-jacqueline-kennedys-clothing"> First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Clothing </a></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-item collection col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-6"><div class="grid-item-inner border-wrap"><div class="img-wrap"><a href="/collections/9197/jfks-oval-office"><div style="max-height:nullpx; max-width:327px;" class="emuseum-img-wrap width-img-wrap" data-mediatype-id="57"><img src="/internal/media/dispatcher/2703/thumbnail" alt="JFK's Oval Office" title="JFK's Oval Office" class="disable-click"></div></a></div><div class="texts-wrap"><div class="text-wrap"><a href="/collections/9197/jfks-oval-office"> JFK's Oval Office </a></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-item collection col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-6"><div class="grid-item-inner border-wrap"><div class="img-wrap"><a href="/collections/9279/on-permanent-exhibit"><div style="max-height:nullpx; max-width:327px;" class="emuseum-img-wrap width-img-wrap" data-mediatype-id="57"><img src="/internal/media/dispatcher/2831/thumbnail" alt="John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA" title="On Permanent Exhibit" class="disable-click"></div></a></div><div class="texts-wrap"><div class="text-wrap"><a href="/collections/9279/on-permanent-exhibit"> On Permanent Exhibit </a></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-item collection col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-6"><div class="grid-item-inner border-wrap"><div class="img-wrap"><a href="/collections/11793/painting--sculpture"><div style="max-height:nullpx; max-width:327px;" class="emuseum-img-wrap width-img-wrap" data-mediatype-id="57"><img src="/internal/media/dispatcher/6710/thumbnail" alt="John F. 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Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston MA" title="Portraits of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy" class="disable-click"></div></a></div><div class="texts-wrap"><div class="text-wrap"><a href="/collections/10662/portraits-of-first-lady-jacqueline-kennedy"> Portraits of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy </a></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-item collection col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-6"><div class="grid-item-inner border-wrap"><div class="img-wrap"><a href="/collections/9802/portraits-of-president-kennedy"><div style="max-height:nullpx; max-width:327px;" class="emuseum-img-wrap width-img-wrap" data-mediatype-id="57"><img src="/internal/media/dispatcher/5778/thumbnail" alt="This image is copyrighted by the Cambridge Artist League, reproduction of this image is prohibi…" title="Portraits of President Kennedy" class="disable-click"></div></a></div><div class="texts-wrap"><div class="text-wrap"><a href="/collections/9802/portraits-of-president-kennedy"> Portraits of President Kennedy </a></div></div></div></div><div class="grid-item collection col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-6"><div class="grid-item-inner border-wrap"><div class="img-wrap"><a href="/collections/9196/president-kennedys-ship-model--scrimshaw-collections"><div style="max-height:nullpx; max-width:327px;" class="emuseum-img-wrap width-img-wrap" data-mediatype-id="57"><img src="/internal/media/dispatcher/1780/thumbnail" alt="John F. 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