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Unknown [Photograph of Herbert Hoover with his dog, King Tut]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00162.16 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1928 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 35 cm, Width: 27.8 cm Order a Copy

One photograph of Herbert Hoover with his dog, King Tut dated 1928. The photograph was used as a 1928 campaign photograph. Shows Hoover standing outdoors while holding the paws of his dog, King Tut. Inscribed and signed: "To R. J. Phillips With kind Regards of Herbert Hoover" below the picture.

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Phillips, R.J., fl. 1928

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