The Kennan Family, ca. 1918 (from left, Frances, Kent senior, George, Kent junior, Louise, Constance, Jeanette)
(Joan Kennan Collection)
George, at Princeton, while still fond of automobiles
(Joan Kennan Collection)
Passport photo, May 1924
(Joan Kennan Collection)
George, on left, Princeton graduate and deckhand, 1925
(Joan Kennan Collection)
The young diplomat, probably in Estonia, late 1920s
(Joan Kennan Collection)
Annelise Sorensen Kennan, early 1930s
(Joan Kennan Collection)
Presenting credentials, Moscow, December 1933 (from left, Bullitt, Kennan in background, Kalinin)
(Princeton University Library)
George, third from left, brooding in Norway; Annelise, second from right
(Joan Kennan Collection)
The Washington Post
, September 15, 1938 (from left, Joan, George, Grace, Annelise)
(Joan Kennan Collection, used by permission of the Associated Press and The Washington Post)
George in wartime Berlin, ca. 1940–41
(Joan Kennan Collection)
George, closely supervised, visiting collective farm, probably in Siberia, June 1945
(Joan Kennan Collection)
The “long telegram”
(Harry S. Truman Library)
The Policy Planning Staff, 1947. From left, Kennan, Carlton Savage, Joseph Johnson, Leroy Stinebower (substituting for Jacques Reinstein),
Ware Adams
(Princeton University Library, used by permission of The Washington Post)