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Calvin Coolidge in Photographs

A selection of photographs depicts Calvin Coolidge, including his role at the George Washington Masonic Memorial’s cornerstone ceremony.

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Calvin Coolidge stands beside an automobile fitted with a roof antenna.
President Calvin Coolidge stands beside a radio-equipped automobile in 1924. National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons.

Per a comment received on the Warren Harding slide show, here’s a one for his successor, Calvin Coolidge. So, Kai … here’s a bunch of photos of the 30th President of the United States.

One of the photos below shows Coolidge laying the cornerstone of the George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria in November 1923. A year and a half later, on May 3, 1925, he laid the cornerstone of the DC JCC at 16th and Q and gave a speech titled “The Spiritual Unification of America.”

  • Janet W. Moffett pinning medallion to Calvin Coolidge's jacket in Washington, DC (1926)
  • Calvin and Grace Coolidge in mourning after President Harding's death - August 4th, 1923 (Shorpy)
  • August 14th, 1924. President Calvin Coolidge and his radio-equipped Buick automobile in Washington. (Shorpy)
  • 'The Swearing in of Calvin Coolidge by his Father' Artist: Arthur I. Keller. Oil on canvas, c. 1923 (Library of Congress)
  • President Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge and Senator Curtis on the way to the Capitol, March 4th, 1925. (Library of Congress)
  • Calvin Coolidge laying the corner stone of the Geo. Wash. memorial, Alexandria, Va., Nov. 1st, 1923 (Library of Congress)
  • Teddy Roosevelt, Jr. shaking hands with Coolidge, September 26th, 1924 (Library of Congress)
  • President Coolidge heading home to the Executive Mansion from the West Wing down the West Colonnade, December 30th, 1925 (Library of Congress)

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