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[Portrait of Lou Henry Hoover]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.2105 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: circa 1950 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

One print of Lou Henry Hoover. Image is a portrait painted by Howard Chandler Christy in 1924. Depicts the first lady with their family dog, Rob Roy. Below the portrait is a note describing her as a first lady. Reverse side is a biographical page about her time in the White House.

Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
Christy, Howard Chandler, 1872-1952
1945 to the Present
First Lady
Pets
Women's History
Postwar Politics and the Cold War

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