Mrs. Patricia Lawford, wife of actor Peter Lawford and a sister of President Kennedy, checks in at an airlines counter at Los Angeles airport today before boarding a plane for Florida. Mrs. Lawford is going to Florida to be with her seriously ill father, Joseph P. Kennedy, in West Palm Beach. Perched on the counter are Mrs. Lawford's son, Christopher, 6, left, and his playmate, Ricky Hilton, son of Barron Hilton. The youngsters did not accompany Mrs. Lawford to Florida.

Photo is dated 1961.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.