Here President Coolidge and the First Lady (with another distinctive hat) are walking through the Park, meeting bears and finding spots to fish. National Park Service superintendent, Horace Albright, is trying unsuccessfully to get the President to discuss conservation politics as Colonel Starling leads the party in a ten gallon hat. Notice John Coolidge follows his parents behind Mr. Albright.
The Coolidges stand looking out over Lake Yellowstone at the Jim Bridger Fishing Pot.
This one is entitled, “Penny for his Thoughts…” What was on his mind? 
Mr. Coolidge checking the temperature at the Homestead, which was 98 degrees.
Former President Coolidge leaving the Academy of Arts and Sciences, April 15, 1931. Is it me or does it appear he is looking a bit “gangster-esque” in this shot?
The Coolidge Family, taken while he served as Governor in the Executive Offices, Boston.
The Coolidges are researching some family history in Watertown Cemetery.
Colonel Coolidge enjoys a ride in a sidecar.
The Coolidges enjoy a quiet moment on The Mayflower.
This was said to be one of Mr. Coolidge’s favorite cartoons in retirement, 1931. The caption reads, “Now We’ll Have a Little Quiet Around Northampton.”
The Coolidges visit the Monument to the Pilgrims, Plymouth.
Governor Coolidge with his boys, 21 Massassoit Street, Northampton.
President Coolidge at the Governor Bradford Tablet in Plymouth.
The Coolidges outside their newly acquired home, “The Beeches,” Northampton, summer 1930.
Calvin and Grace walk the grounds of “The Beeches,” June 1930, with their dogs.
Coolidge, once more a private citizen.
The Coolidges watch a scene from “The Gay Nineties” starring Marion Davies, spring 1930. It would be released that May as “The Floradora Girl.” The former President sits at center with Mary Pickford to his right, Louis B. Mayer, Grace, Cecil B. DeMille and Will Hays to his left.
It was during that same visit to the MGM studios that Mr. Coolidge stopped by a Ramon Navarro movie set featuring a trained bear. The bear proceeded to ignore his trainer and “went on a rampage.” The Secret Service detail tried to get Coolidge off the set but he would not go. Leab writes, “he stayed, becoming increasingly amused at the chaos caused by the bear, and ‘finally…nearly doubled up with laughter.’ ”
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