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White House pets to accompany Coolidge on vacation – Vintage Wall Art

White House pets to accompany Coolidge on vacation, 1928 June 8. — historic photograph
White House pets to accompany Coolidge on vacation, 1928 June 8.. Historic photograph from the White House collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures White House pets to accompany Coolidge on vacation in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The caption announces that the White House pets would travel with President Calvin Coolidge on his June 1928 vacation, a detail that sets this picture apart from the many official portraits of the president. The Coolidges kept an unusually large household menagerie, which drew steady press attention and gave reporters a lighter counterpoint to the austere image the president cultivated. The record notes that its details come from a caption card and have not been verified, so the exact animals and departure arrangements are worth checking against other sources.

Created / published1928 June 8.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo. 64046R. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,118 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159411

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