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Times Were Different: Check Out This Photo of a Massive Crowd Pushing Their Way Into the White House

Published April 11, 2013

Take a look back in time with this amazing photo of a massive crowd pushing their way into the White House to shake the hand of President Calvin Coolidge. Times sure were different!

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Times sure were different. Check out this photo of a massive crowd pushing their way into the White House. They’re all waiting just to shake the hand of President Calvin Coolidge.

Visitors waiting in line to shake hands with the President (circa 1921)

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged 1920s, Calvin Coolidge, The White House

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