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Date
1925-06-06
Description
A photographic print of United States First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge receiving the Tenderfoot Badge from Girl Scouts Founder Juliette Gordon Low. Looking on is May Flather, National Commissioner for the District Of Columbia. Several other Girl Scout leaders look on from the steps above. Most wear uniforms and all appear to be white. "Watch your credit line--- Copyright by Harris and Ewing. Mrs. Coolidge receives Girl Scout Badge. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, National Honorary President of the Girl Scouts, receiving the tenderfoot badge of the Order from Miss Juliette Low of Savannah, CA., Founder of the Girl Scouts. Mrs. H.H. Flather, National Commissioner for the District Of Columbia is shown looking on. The presentation was made June 5, at the home of Lieut. Comdr. Theodore S. Wilkinson on Park Lane, Rosslyn, VA." typed and printed on a secondary paper on the back.
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 Receives Tenderfoot Badge from Girl Scouts Founder Juliette Gordon Low, 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_i002.jpg