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Then and now: A tribute to JFK 50 years after his assassination

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Left: A young John F. Kennedy (2nd right) and his grandparents outside St. Stephen's Church in Boston Right: St. Stephen's (2013)
Left: A young John F. Kennedy (2nd right) and his grandparents outside St. Stephen’s Church in Boston (1946) Right: St. Stephen’s (2013) Reuters
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Left: Kennedy campaigning for the United States Congress under a statue of Paul Revere in Boston (1946) Right: A tour guide dressed as a British soldier from the U.S. Revolutionary War leading a tour past the same statue (2013)
Left: Kennedy campaigning for the United States Congress under a statue of Paul Revere in Boston (1946) Right: A tour guide dressed as a British soldier from the U.S. Revolutionary War leading a tour past the same statue (2013) Reuters
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John F. Kennedy
Top: U.S. Congressman John F. Kennedy (2nd from left) walking in the Bunker Hill Day Parade in Charlestown, Mass. (1950) Bottom: Pedestrians crossing Bunker Hill Street in the same spot (2013) Reuters
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Combination photo shows then Congressman John F. Kennedy walking through the Boston Public Garden in 1952 and pedestrians walking at the same spot in 2013
Top: Kennedy walking through the Boston Public Garden (1952) Bottom: Pedestrians walking across the same spot (2013) Reuters
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Top: Senator John F. Kennedy surrounded by people outside the Town Hall in Methuen, Mass. (1958) Bottom: The old Town Hall now occupied by small businesses (2013)
Top: Sen. John F. Kennedy surrounded by people outside Town Hall in Methuen, Mass. (1958) Bottom: The old Town Hall now occupied by small businesses (2013) Reuters
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Left: Sen. John F. Kennedy shaking hands with workers in Medford Square in Medford, Mass. (1958) Right: A bicyclist riding around the same spot (2013)
Left: Sen. John F. Kennedy shaking hands with workers in Medford Square in Medford, Mass. (1958) Right: A bicyclist riding around the location (2013) Reuters
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Top: President John F. Kennedy (left), his brother U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (2nd left) and his daughter Caroline watching as President Kennedy's longtime friend Lem Billings launches a toy sailboat in Cape Cod (1963) Bottom: A woman walking her dog on the beach at the same spot (2013)
Top: President John F. Kennedy (left), his brother U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (2nd left) and his daughter Caroline watching as President Kennedy’s longtime friend Lem Billings launches a toy sailboat in Cape Cod (1963) Bottom: A woman walking her dog down that beach (2013) Reuters
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Top: Kennedy shaking hands after Mass at St. Francis Xavier Chapel in Boston (1963) Bottom: Storefront in the same spot on Newbury Street (2013)
Top: Kennedy shaking hands after Mass at St. Francis Xavier Chapel in Boston (1963) Bottom: Same spot on Newbury Street (2013) Reuters
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Left: Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis greeting supporters at Dallas Love Field (1963) Right: The same scene showing a remodeled air traffic control tower at the site (2013)
Left: Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis greeting supporters at Dallas Love Field (1963) Right: The same scene showing a remodeled air traffic control tower at the site (2013) Reuters
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Left: Flower arrangements and spectators at Dealey Plaza during a reconstruction of the Kennedy assassination (1963) Right: Dealey Plaza (2013)
Left: Flower arrangements and spectators at Dealey Plaza during a reconstruction of the Kennedy assassination (1963) Right: Dealey Plaza (2013) Reuters
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Left: Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald at this spot (1963) Right: The same location in 2013
Left: Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald at this spot (1963) Right: The same location in 2013 Reuters
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Left: U.S. Secret Service agents and police examining the presidential limousine as it sits parked at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas (1963) Right: The same parking area for ambulances (2013)
Left: U.S. Secret Service agents and police examining the presidential limousine as it sits parked at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas (1963) Right: The same parking area for ambulances (2013) Reuters
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Top: Kennedy sitting in a rowboat with his son John F. Kennedy Jr. on Bailey's Beach in Newport, Rhode Island (1963) Bottom: Waves lapping on the same spot at Bailey's Beach (2013)
Top: Kennedy sitting in a rowboat with his son John F. Kennedy Jr. on Bailey’s Beach in Newport, Rhode Island (1963) Bottom: Waves lapping on the same spot at Bailey’s Beach (2013) Reuters
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Lee Harvey Oswald "holding a rifle in one hand and Communist newspapers in the other" in the backyard of 214 W. Neely Street
Left: Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in one hand and Communist newspapers in his backyard in Dallas (1963) Right: Oswald’s backyard in 2013 Reuters
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Left: Lee Harvey Oswald's house in Dallas (1963) Right: Oswald's house in 2013
Left: Lee Harvey Oswald’s house in Dallas (1963) Right: Oswald’s house in 2013 Reuters