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Mrs. Coolidge & raccoon, Easter egg rolling, 4/18/27 – Historic Print

Mrs. Coolidge & raccoon, Easter egg rolling, 4/18/27, [19]27 April 18. — historic photograph
Mrs. Coolidge & raccoon, Easter egg rolling, 4/18/27, [19]27 April 18.. Historic photograph from the Easter 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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Step back in time with Mrs. Coolidge & raccoon, Easter egg rolling, 4/18/27, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Mrs. Coolidge & raccoon, Easter egg rolling, 4/18/27

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Grace Coolidge, the First Lady, stands with a raccoon on the White House grounds during the Easter egg roll of April 18, 1927. The Coolidges kept the animal as a pet, and its presence turned a familiar holiday event into a memorable press moment. The White House egg roll on the lawn was already a long-running spring tradition by the 1920s, drawing crowds of children and families each year. This glass negative comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio whose files preserve the everyday public life of the capital in the period.

Created / published[19]27 April 18.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,640 × 4,558 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-246072

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