Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy and family moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Alongside him was Cecil W. Stoughton, the first official White House photographer, who accompanied the First Family everywhere—blending in the background, snapping candid photographs, and, in the process, amassing a collection of rare, intimate glimpses of the family at ease.

Vanity Fair got its hands on these rare photos…check out the gallery after the jump!!

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