Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., a brand new husband, helps his bride Eunice Kennedy Shriver, as she stands on a chair to cut multi-tiered wedding cake at their reception at Waldorf-Astoria in New York, May 23, 1953. Bride is the daughter of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy, of Palm Beach, Fla., and Hyannisport, Mass. The couple's wedding and reception was one of the highlights of the New York social season.
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