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Date
1925-06-06
Description
A photographic print of United States First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge pinning a merit badge on one of four Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low is visible over her shoulder. There are several other individuals standing behind Coolidge. All individuals pictured appear to be white. "Watch your credit, International newsreel photo 290089, Mrs. Coolidge Decorates Girl Scouts, Washington.....Photo shows Mrs. Calvin Coolidge presenting the Girl Scout merit badges to four members of the Girl Scouts Organization. The girls are Nan Surface, Marion Wheeler, Effie Wade, and Lucille Weber. Mrs. Coolidge was previously invested with the office of Honorary President of the National Order. NY. 6-6-25" typed and printed on paper attached to photo.
Personal Name Subject
Coolidge, Grace Goodhue, 1879-1957; Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927
Corporate Name Subject
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Topical Subject
Girl Scouts; Award presentations; Presidents' spouses--United States
City/Location
Rosslyn (Arlington, Va.)
Genre
black-and-white photographs
Local Genre
photograph
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia
Source
First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge Presents Merit Badges to Girl Scouts Nan Surface, Marion Wheeler, Effie Wade, and Lucille Weber, 1925-06-06, Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia records, M 400, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
M400_b023_f029_i001.jpg