Robert Kennedy: A Time it Was

In 1968 young photographer Bill Eppridge was sent on the assignment of a lifetime: chronicling the presidential election campaign of Robert Kennedy, America's brightest hope since his brother, JFK. He was given unprecedented access both privately and publicly and was there for the triumphs, and for the end ... His new book A Time it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties, captures the hope and despair of the campaign

  • Senator Robert Kennedy campaigning at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa
    Bobby Kennedy

  • A thoughtful Kennedy in a rare quiet moment en route to another campaign stop to aid local candidates
    Bobby Kennedy

  • Young female supporters hold up messages of allegiance during Kennedy's campaign journey
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  • Bobby gets the cover of Life magazine, November 18 1966. Eppridge says of this photograph: 'Our cover picture - Bobby applauding - happened so fast that I had time to make only three frames. The situation never repeated itself.'
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  • Bobby gave PT-109 pins to three airline stewardesses while on a nationwide swing in support of Democratic candidates. His brother, John F Kennedy, had done the same thing during his presidential campaign. JFK was one of the last commanders of the PT-109 motor torpedo boat; his actions when the boat sank made him a war hero
    Bobby Kennedy

  • Kids running alongside Bobby's convertable while he campigns for Governor G Mennen "Soapy" William's Senate race in Michigan
    Bobby Kennedy

  • Kennedy stands on the edge of the stage in Iowa, with a crush of young supporters beneath him
    Bobby Kennedy

  • People reach out to Kennedy with slips of paper for him to sign
    Bobby Kennedy

  • A drive in Virginia with son Max and dog Freckles
    Bobby Kennedy

  • Campaigning whilst stood on a convertible at dusk in Hammond, Indiana
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  • The campaign travels through the Watts section of Los Angeles
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  • Bobby and Freckles run along the beach in Oregon. Bobby wanted to swim, but did not want the press to photograph him
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  • June 5, 1968: Robert Kennedy is sprawled semi-conscious in his own blood on the floor of the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, after being shot in the brain and neck. Busboy Juan Romero tries to comfort him. Kennedy was killed by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian with psychological problems who disagreed with his stance on Israel
    Bobby Kennedy

  • A man putting his hand to his heart as a young girl holds flowers and the funeral train carrying the body of the late senator passes by
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  • Kennedy's popularity with minorities did not waver after his death. A black woman holds up a sign reading 'God bless the Kennedys' as his funeral train passes by
    Bobby Kennedy
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