Sharing White House History about Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge in South Dakota
- Date of Work
- July 1927
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Calvin Coolidge in South Dakota
Calvin Coolidge wears a cowboy hat and Western garb while on a 2-month vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1927. The South Dakotans presented him with the wide-brimmed Western hat and boots, which he obligingly wore.
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