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Calvin Coolidge: I noticed most of the ladies had on silk dresses and I thought I saw a rather general display of silk stockings.

On the recordJune 8, 1925
I noticed most of the ladies had on silk dresses and I thought I saw a rather general display of silk stockings.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Excerpts of the President's News Conference on a Train from Minneapolis to Washington

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