• President Coolidge Participates in a Wreath Laying Ceremony
    Department of Defence
    military
    memorials
    commemorations
    Virginia
    Veterans Day
    Arlington National Cemetery
    In this photograph, taken in 1927, President Calvin Coolidge observes Armistice Day, which preceded the formal holiday of Veterans Day, by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Since 1921, presidents have paid their respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, often in observance of military commemorations including Veterans Day and Memorial Day.
  • Coolidge on Vacation in Black Hills, South Dakota
    Rise Studio
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    South Dakota
    press
    This photograph was taken during President Calvin Coolidge's vacation in Black Hills, South Dakota in the summer of 1927. Coolidge stands in the center of the photograph dressed as a cowboy, flanked on both sides by press photographers. The president received the Western-style hat and cowboy boots as gifts during his tour. Coolidge chose to vacation in the Black Hills following a campaign by South Dakotans designed to appeal to the president's love of trout fishing. The president's visit brought a boon to the tourism and infrastructure to the area. During his vacation, Coolidge delivered remarks at the dedication of the start of work on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and visited Pine Ridge, a tribal reservation of the Lakota people.
  • President Coolidge Signs Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact
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    signing
    State Floor
    East Room
    Congress
    Cabinet
    In this photograph, taken on January 17, 1929, President Calvin Coolidge signs the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact in the East Room of the White House. Crafted by Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand in light of the casualties that resulted from World War I, the international peace proposal committed 15 nations to outlawing aggression and war in settling disputes. The agreement was signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 and signed by Coolidge following ratification by Congress. Here, Coolidge signs the agreement on the former Cabinet table purchased for the White House during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. Among those in also attendance were Vice President Charles Gates Dawes, Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis, Senator William Edgar Borah, Senator Claude Augustus Swanson, and Vice President-elect Charles Curtis.
  • President Coolidge with Chiefs of the Sioux Nation
    National Photo Company
    delegation
    South Lawn
    South Grounds
    American Indians
    Rose Garden
    This photograph, taken on March 10, 1925, shows President Calvin Coolidge with members of the Sioux Indian Republican Club of the Rosebud Reservation. The Rosebud Indian Reservation is located along South Dakota's southern border and is adjacent to the Pine Ridge Reservation. This photograph was taken on the South Grounds, near the West Garden, which was reimagined as the Rose Garden during the John F. Kennedy administration. During his presidency, Coolidge increased public perception of the challenges faced by American Indian communities, while promoting assimilation into American society.
  • President Coolidge Greets American Indians from the Osage Nation
    Library of Congress
    delegation
    American Indians
    South Grounds
    South Lawn
    This photograph shows President Calvin Coolidge posing with representatives from the Osage nation on the South Grounds of the White House. Charles H. Burke, commissioner on Indian Affairs, stands at right of Coolidge. Also among those photographed are Chief Bacon Rind (second to left), and Chief Paul Red Eagle (immediate right of Burke). During his presidency, Coolidge increased public perception of the challenges faced by American Indian communities, while promoting assimilation into American society.
  • President Coolidge Meets with Committee of One Hundred
    National Photo Company
    South Grounds
    American Indians
    delegation
    South Lawn
    In this photograph, President Calvin Coolidge meets with the Committee of One Hundred on the South Grounds of the White House. The Committee of One Hundred consisted of scholars, activists, and policy specialists who advised the federal government on critical issues facing the Native American population. During the meeting, Ruth Muskrat, a Mount Holyoke college student of Irish and Cherokee descent, presented Coolidge with a copy of "The Red Man in the United States," a book describing the adverse economic, educational, religious, and cultural challenges facing Native Americans.
  • President Coolidge Meets with Committee of One Hundred
    National Photo Company
    South Grounds
    American Indians
    delegation
    South Lawn
    In this photograph, President Calvin Coolidge meets with the Committee of One Hundred on the South Grounds of the White House. The Committee of One Hundred consisted of scholars, activists, and policy specialists who advised the federal government on critical issues facing the Native American population. Here, Ruth Muskrat, a Mount Holyoke college student of Irish and Cherokee descent, presents President Coolidge with a copy of "The Red Man in the United States," a book describing the adverse economic, educational, religious, and cultural challenges facing Native Americans.
  • President Coolidge with American Indian Delegation
    Harris & Ewing
    American Indians
    delegation
    west view
    In this photograph, President Calvin Coolidge poses alongside a group of American Indian men outside the West Wing of the White House. Following the enactment of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, Coolidge invited delegations from many American Indian nations to the White House. During his presidency, Coolidge increased public perception of the challenges faced by American Indian communities, while promoting assimilation into American society.
  • President Coolidge with Sgt. I-See-O and Members of the Kiowa Nation
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    delegation
    South Grounds
    American Indians
    military
    In this photograph, President Calvin Coolidge poses with Sgt. I-See-O (Plenty Fires), or Tahbonemah, and other members of the Kiowa nation on the South Grounds outside the West Wing. The White House residence and South Portico are visible in the background. A veteran who served as a scout for the United States Army for nearly 50 years, I-See-O was recognized and provided for in his old age by a special act from Congress.
  • President Coolidge with Comanche Delegation
    Harris & Ewing
    Congress
    American Indians
    delegation
    This photograph, taken on March 13, 1928, shows president Calvin Coolidge with a group of American Indians outside of the White House. The group is believed to be a delegation from the Comanche nation, headquartered near Lawton, Oklahoma. Also pictured at far right is Senator William Bliss Pine of Oklahoma. Pine, a successful oil businessman, was the elected representative from Okmulgee, Oklahoma, capital of the Creek (or Muscogee) nation. Following the enactment of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, Coolidge invited delegations from many American Indian nations to the White House. During his presidency, Coolidge increased public perception of the challenges faced by American Indian communities, while promoting assimilation into American society.
  • President Coolidge with American Indian Delegation
    Harris & Ewing
    south view
    delegation
    South Lawn
    South Grounds
    American Indians
    west view
    In this photograph, President Calvin Coolidge poses alongside a group of American Indian visitors including men, women, and children on the South Grounds of the White House. At left of the group is the the West Garden. The West Garden was reimagined as a green theater for official ceremonies and rededicated as the Rose Garden during the John F. Kennedy administration. Following the enactment of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, Coolidge invited delegations from many American Indian nations to the White House. During his presidency, Coolidge increased public perception of the challenges faced by American Indian communities, while promoting assimilation into American society.
  • Coolidge with Native Americans from the Plateau Region
    National Photo Company
    South Lawn
    South Grounds
    American Indians
    delegation
    In this photograph, taken on February 18, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge meets with a group of American Indians, possibly from the plateau region in the northwestern United States. Following the enactment of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, Coolidge invited delegations from many American Indian nations to the White House. During his presidency, Coolidge increased public perception of the challenges faced by American Indian communities, while promoting assimilation into mainstream American culture.
  • President Coolidge Signs a Baseball with the Washington Senators
    National Photo Company
    sports
    White House Guests
    South Grounds
    In this photograph, taken on September 5, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signs a baseball for the Washington Senators baseball team during their visit to the White House. This visit followed their World Series championship during the baseball season of 1924. This was the first World Series win for a baseball team from Washington, D.C., and would remain the only such victory until the Washington Nationals became World Series champions in 2019.
  • President Coolidge Poses with the Washington Senators Baseball Team
    National Photo Company
    sports
    White House Guests
    South Grounds
    This photograph was taken on September 5, 1924. Here, President Calvin Coolidge poses with members of the Washington Senators baseball team on the South Grounds, following their World Series championship. This was the first World Series win for a baseball team from Washington, D.C., and would remain the only such victory until the Washington Nationals became World Series champions in 2019. The group stands to the south of the West Colonnade, near what later became the Rose Garden.
  • President Coolidge Poses with the Washington Senators Baseball Team
    National Photo Company
    sports
    White House Guests
    South Grounds
    This photograph was taken on September 5, 1924. Here, President Calvin Coolidge poses with members of the Washington Senators baseball team on the South Grounds, following their World Series championship. This was the first World Series win for a baseball team from Washington, D.C., and would remain the only such victory until the Washington Nationals became World Series champions in 2019. The group stands to the south of the West Colonnade, near what later became the Rose Garden.
  • President Coolidge at Dedication of Mount Rushmore National Memorial
    Charles D'Emery
    travel
    South Dakota
    Mount Rushmore National Memorial
    National Park
    Presidential Visit
    This photograph of President Calvin Coolidge speaking during the dedication of the start of work on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial was taken on August 10, 1927. In the summer of 1927, Coolidge was vacationing at the State Game Lodge in the Black Hills of South Dakota, when he accepted the invitation to speak by sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Here, Coolidge is pictured in a pair of cowboy boots. Coolidge's dedication bestowed national legitimacy on the project, which took place from October 1927 until October 1941.
  • Calvin Coolidge
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    portrait
    engraving
    This engraving of President Calvin Coolidge was produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Before the presidency, Coolidge had served as lieutenant general and governor for his state of Massachusetts. Coolidge was sworn in as president in 1923 following the death of President Warren G. Harding and served until 1929.
  • National Christmas Tree Lighting, Coolidge Administration
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    holidays
    Christmas
    This photograph is of President Calvin Coolidge lighting the National Christmas Tree on Christmas Eve 1923. Since 1923, the annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree has become a treasured holiday tradition in Washington D.C.
  • National Christmas Tree Lighting, Coolidge Administration
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    Christmas
    holidays
    This photograph is of crowds gathered around the National Christmas Tree on Christmas Eve in 1923, during President Calvin Coolidge's first Christmas in office. Over 6,000 visitors came to see the lighting ceremony followed by the singing of carols and a performance from the United States Marine Band.
  • President Coolidge Throws First Pitch at World Series
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    sports
    This black and white photograph shows President Calvin Coolidge preparing to throw out the first pitch of game three of the 1925 World Series. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Bill McKechnie stands to the president’s right and Washington Senators manager Bucky Harris stands on Coolidge’s left; baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis is visible at Harris’ left shoulder.
  • President and Mrs. Coolidge Arriving at President Harding's Funeral, Side A
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    funeral
    Ohio
    This stereograph by Keystone View Company shows President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge arriving at President Warren G. Harding's funeral, held at Harding's father's home in Marion, Ohio on August 10, 1923. While in San Francisco toward the end of his "Voyage of Understanding," Harding suddenly died on August 2, 1923, most likely from a heart attack. The caption reads: "Arrival of President and Mrs. Coolidge at Dr. Harding's Home, President Harding's Funeral. Marion, Ohio."
  • President and Mrs. Coolidge Paying Respects to President Harding, Side A
    Keystone View Company
    funeral
    U.S. Capitol
    Washington, D.C.
    This stereograph by Keystone View Company shows President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge leaving from paying their respects to President Warren G. Harding on August 8, 1923, whose casket was lying in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. While in San Francisco toward the end of his "Voyage of Understanding," Harding suddenly died on August 2, 1923, most likely from a heart attack. The caption reads: "President and Mrs. Coolidge Leaving Capitol Where President Harding's Body Was Lying in State, Washington, D. C."
  • Calvin Coolidge Pinning Medal
    Herbert E. French
    military
    ceremony
    This photograph by Herbert E. French of National Photo Company shows President Calvin Coolidge awarding the Medal of Honor to Warrant Officer Floyd Bennett. Commander Richard Byrd, also wearing the Medal of Honor, is standing to the president's right. Bennett was Byrd's co-pilot on an expedition to fly to the North Pole.
  • The Coolidge Family with Their Dog
    Herbert E. French
    First Family
    pets
    This photograph by Herbert E. French of National Photo Company shows the Coolidge family and one of their dogs standing at the bottom of the steps leading to the South Portico. The dog is possibly Rob Roy, one of the Coolidges' white collies. Standing, from left to right, are: youngest son Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (who would die a week after this photo was taken), President Calvin Coolidge, First Lady Grace Coolidge, and older son, John Coolidge.
  • National Ski Association Present Skis to the Coolidges
    Herbert E. French
    White House Guests
    sports
    This photograph by Herbert E. French of National Photo Company shows President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge with members of the National Ski Association. The Association presented a pair of skis to both the president and first lady outside, on the White House Grounds.