Just when I think I have every press photo imaginable of the Coolidge family and their chows, another one comes along to delight me!!! The image being very old and yellowed as well as blurry took some serious restoration work to bring out the details of the Chow etc, but I think you can now […]
RESTORATION- 1928 President Calvin and Grace Coolidge with Chow Tiny Tim Christmas Vacation on Sapelo Island
Some of my most treasured finds are my images of President Calvin Coolidge and his lovely wife Grace, with their chows Tiny Tim and Blackberry. Other than Admiral Dewey who had a Chinese Chow named “Bob” as mascot to the USS Olympia during the Spanish American War, The Coolidges Chows were the most influential in bringing […]
THEY PUT THE ‘COOL’ IN COOLIDGE
“Any man who does not like dogs and want them about, does not deserve to be in the White House.” ‘Calvin and Grace Coolidge certainly lived up to those words—and more. Before, during, and after their White House years, the Coolidges kept a dizzying array of pets. From cats and dogs, canaries and mockingbirds, to […]
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