Collection The Presidents
Biographies & Portraits
Presidential Vacations & Retreats: Ulysses S. Grant and Long Branch
- Date of Work
- 1914
- Medium
- Postcard
- Credit
- Joan Schnorbus, Long Branch Historical Museum Association
Presidential Vacations & Retreats: Ulysses S. Grant and Long Branch
Ulysses S. Grant put the presidential stamp on Long Branch by acquiring a large seaside cottage, driving his carriage along the beach and returning every summer of his presidency. Postcard of the Grant cottage at Elberon, New Jersey. c. 1914.
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