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Kangaroo Overcoat, The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, Rochester, NY, c. 1919

While perhaps not the best coat to wear in the summer heat, this c.1919 overcoat does symbolize travel for the Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, DC.

In the left image, President Wilson stands at the door of the King’s royal coach on board the presidential train from Paris to Rome. The press frequently photographed Wilson wearing this overcoat abroad and it has come to symbolize his European travel as an effort to ensure peace during the Paris Peace Conference. The original coat is still on view in Wilson’s cedar closet adjacent to his bedroom.
 

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