PHOTOS: John F. Kennedy through the years
John F. Kennedy, as a baby, sits in the sand at Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts. Circa 1918.none
1927: Headshot portrait of John F Kennedy (1917-1963) at age ten, standing outdoors and wearing a suit with his hair slicked back.none
The Kennedy clan in 1931 in Hyannisport, MA.none
Ralph Horton, Jr., Kirk LeMoyne Billings and John F. Kennedy (l to r), all dressed up for cover of Christmas card in 1935.none
Joseph P. Kennedy, left, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, is seen with his son, John F. Kennedy, Jan. 5, 1938, in New York.none
John F. Kennedy, son of Joseph Kennedy, US ambassador to Great Britain, prepares to dive into the pool March 10, 1938 as a member of the Harvard swim team.none
John F. Kennedy is pictured as a 23-year-old graduate student at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, in October 1940. He had graduated Harvard in June.none
Lt. John F. Kennedy, skipper of PT boat 109, is shown relaxing in the South Pacific, 1943.none
John F. Kennedy, winner of the Democratic Nomination for Congress in the 11th Massachusetts District, relaxes with his dog, Mo, June 22, 1946, Hyannisport, Mass.none
John F. Kennedy surrounded by women voters during his first campaign for congress in 1946.none
John F. Kennedy, of Boston, meets under the Massachusetts standard with members of the state's delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill., July 22, 1952.none
Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and his bride, the former Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, leave St. Mary's Catholic Church following their wedding in Newport, RI, September 12, 1953.none
Senator John F. Kennedy, D-Mass., is shown with his bride, the former Jacqueline Bouvier, leaving a Newport, RI church after their wedding on September 12, 1953.none
Senator John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.), seated at his desk in Boston, Mass., August 1956.none
Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass) as he catches up on his work in his hotel suite, May 24, 1955 after returning to the capital after an eight-month absence, following an operation.none
U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D) of Mass. slices to birthday cake in his honor celebrating his the birthday which fell on May 29, 1956 in Lincoln Park, Mass.none
Sen. John Kennedy, D-Mass., and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, watch as her sister holds their 15-day-old daughter during her christening in New York City on Dec. 13, 1957.none
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Mass gets some support from a group of Anchorage residents on his arrival in Anchorage, Nov. 12, 1958.none
Senator John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) arrives with his wife Jacqueline and their 2-year-old daughter Caroline at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica on Dec. 24, 1959 for a 12-day vacation.none
Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-MA) reads the daily newspaper accounts of his West Virginia election victory as he relaxes, May 11, 1960, in his Washington home.none
U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy, D-Mass., stands on a platform as he shakes hands with a crowd of people that greeted him at Westview shopping center in Baltimore, Md., May 13, 1960.none
Sen. John F. Kennedy waves farewell as he poses with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, at New York's Idlewild Airport in New York City on July 9, 1960.none
Seeking a look at a presidential possibility, people jam the window behind Sen. Jack F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 16, 1960.none
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 1961, black and white file photo,President John F. Kennedy gives his inaugural address at the Capitol in Washington after taking the oath of office.none
President John F. Kennedy signs into law a bill providing federal aid for an expansion of educational television stations all over the nation. May 1, 1962 at the White House.none
President John Kennedy receives an enthusiastic reception after his arrival at Detroits Metropolitan airport Oct. 5, 1962.none
President Kennedy presses a gold telegraph key as he speaks over the telephone as part of the opening of the Seattle World's Fair in Palm Beach, Fla. on April 21, 1962.none
President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy and their children as they left a private family mass in Palm Beach, Florida on April 22, 1962.none
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is shown with his son, John Jr., as they hold hands outside the White House in Washington, D.C. circa 1963.none
Kennedy is greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of children and nuns from the Convent of Mercy, as he arrives from Dublin at Galway's sports ground, Ireland, June 29, 1963.none
n this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in Dallas.none
In the wake of records being released about his death, look back at the life of Kennedy in photos, from his early childhood in Massachusetts to his marriage to Jackie, to his time as president before he was assassinated.