On September 2, 1924, the Washington Senators were invited to visit the White House by POTUS "Silent Cal" Coolidge. IIRC, the Senators has just returned home from a successful road trip which landed them in first place in the A.L., and Washington's baseball fans were super excited. I'm not sure why Coolidge is wearing a black arm band, but it might be because one of his sons died of blood poisoning less than two months earlier. I find it interesting that flanking the POTUS are Manager Bucky Harris and WaJo, with team owner Clark Griffith on the other side of WaJo (rather than next to the POTUS).
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, W575-1 E. S. Rice version, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also T216 Kotton "NGO" card of Hugh Jennings. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo.
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