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Wisconsin — Home of the 1928 Summer White House
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Stamp for Wisconsin created during or after President Calvin Coolidge's 1928 summer visit to Wisconsin. President Coolidge spent the summer fishing on the Brule River, with a high school in Superior serving as the vacation White House. The stamp text reads: "Wisconsin Home of the 1928 Summer White House. Find out all the facts—write our Chamber of Commerce." Stamp also includes an image of the Summer White House and pier.
1928
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W012G2W
WHi 109519
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Coolidge in Wisconsin
1928
"Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. In 1928 President Calvin Coolidge spent the...
Summer White House on the Brule
circa 1928
Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the Summer White House on the Brule. It was cal...
Calvin Coolidge Fishing
1928
President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge was later dubbed The Summer White House. ...
Cedar Island on Brule River
1930
Cedar Island on Brule River, a nationally known speckle trout stream. The island has native towering white pine and bubbling clear springs. These are some of the buildings on the Pierce Estate whic...
Hoover visits Coolidge
1925
Herbert Hoover visits President Calvin Coolidge during Coolidge's summer retreat from the heat, crowds, and a White House renovation in Washington, D.C. Caption reads: "Herbert Hoover visits Presid...
