Barack Obama photos: The early years
Barack Obama rides a tricycle during his childhood in Hawaii.
Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961. This is an undated photo provided by Barack Obama's half sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng.
Barack Obama on Waikiki beach before his mother married Lolo Soetoro and moved with Barack and her new husband to Indonesia. Here, he's in a lifeguard stand next to the famous pink Waikiki hotel, The Royal Hawaiian.
Child Barack on Waikiki
(Photo courtesy of Maya Soetoro-Ng)
Barack walks along Waikiki Beach shortly before he and his mother moved from Hawaii to Indonesia to live with her second husband, Lolo Soetoro, in 1967.
Barack and mother
(Photo courtesy of Maya Soetoro-Ng)
A young Barack Obama is shown with his mother, Ann, in Hawaii shortly after his father, Barack Obama Sr., left the two to pursue his studies at Harvard. Barack's mother was given the name Stanley Ann Dunham because of her father's strong desire to have a son.
Barack and baseball in Hawaii
(Photo courtesy Obama campaign)
In this 1960's photo provided by the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shows the Democratic presidential hopeful, Obama, with his baseball bat in Hawaii.
Young Obama
(Courtesy Maya Soetoro-Ng)
Young Barack Obama, shown in an undated photograph provided by Obama's half sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng.
Obama family 1970s
(Photo courtesy Maya Soetoro-Ng)
Stanley Dunham, Stanley Ann, Maya and Barack Obama in Hawaii in the early 1970s.
Barack Sr. & Jr.
(Photo courtesy of Barack Obama)
Barack Obama Sr. poses with his son in the Honolulu airport during Obama Sr.'s only visit to see his son while he was growing up in Hawaii. Young Barack was in the 5th grade when the photo was taken.
Barack Sr.
(Photo courtesy of Maya Soetoro-Ng)
Barack Obama Sr., a native of Kenya, met his future wife while they were students at the University of Hawaii. In 1963, he essentially abandoned his family to continue his studies at Harvard.
Obama on the beach with grandfather
(Photo courtesy Obama campaign)
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama plays on the beach with his grandfather on his mother's side, Stanley Armour Dunham.
Obama's family
(Photo courtesy of Barack Obama)
At their home in Jakarta, Ann Dunham poses in this undated photo with her second husband, Lolo Soetoro, their daughter, Maya, and Barack Obama.
Barack "Barry" Obama
(Panahou School "Oahuan" yearbook photo)
In this 1977 file photo provided by the The Oahuan, yearbook of Punahou School, Barack Obama, second row center, is seen with is junior varsity basketball team in this 1977 yearbook class photo in Honolulu. Obama loved basketball and as a forward dubbed "Barry O'Bomber," he favored a left-handed double pump shot. During his senior year, the varsity team captured the state championship.
PHOTOS OF BARACK OBAMA AS A CHILD
This page was last updated: February 1, 2012
Photos of Barack Obama as a Child
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