Posing with groups of visitors to the White House was something president Coolidge did often and well. Browsing the Library of Congress online photo archives the other day, I came upon a number of pictures that were new to me and that serve to illustrate the variety of such visitors. All of the images are from the period of May/June 1926.
My favorite, though perhaps not the president’s (that prop sword looks a little threatening…):
And finally, this one’s a little different…not sure what CC is handing out here:
Is the second to last the Daughters of the American Revolution? Perhaps they are making amends for putting him and Grace out of the Governor’s chair all those years before…?
I believe you may be right, unfortunately the Library of Congress has no info on that. Did the DAR routinely brandish swords?