Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum, West Branch Photos

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum traces how Hoover rose from a humble cabin to mining millionaire, how he spearheaded feeding Belgium in WW I, how he became one of the most progressive Secretaries of Commerce ever, promoting electrification, telephones radio & TV for America, how he won a landslide for President, & how he was unprepared to cope with the Depression & fell into disgrace because of it.

See also: Herbert Hoover's Home Town, U.S. Presidential Sites
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Painted portrait of Herbert Hoover President-elect (1929) by Henry Salem Hubbell.

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum building (1962).

Wicker Rocker of Herbert Hoover's maternal grandmother with Quaker bonnet, meeting house oil lamp & bible.

Wicker Rocker of Herbert Hoover's maternal grandmother at Hoover Library.

Metal toy train which belonged to Herbert Hoover at Hoover Library.

Museum display showing Herbert Hoover as mining engineer in Australia where he made his fortune at Hoover Library.

Museum display showing details of how Boxer Rebellion besieged Hoover & his wife Lou Henry in China at Hoover Library.

Blue & white Ch'ing dynasty porcelain which the Hoovers started collecting while in China & continued for life at Hoover Museum.

Remember Belgium propaganda poster used to raise funds for relief of the invaded country in World War I, an effort headed by Herbert Hoover.

Maple Leaf Milling wheat sack from Manitoba, Canada which was returned embroidered to Hoover to show gratitude for the relief efforts he lead in World War I.

Embroidered Olympic Graham Flour sack (Dayton, WA) created by Belgians to raise funds for more relief food.

Flour sack embroidered with poppies to remember 1915 at Hoover Museum.

Belgian Relief Fund embroidered flour sack thanks people of Indiana for aid at Hoover Museum.

Embroidered Viking ship on flour sack to thank America for World War I food relief to Belgium.

Plaster life mask of Herbert Hoover (1919) cast at Versailles Peace Conference at Hoover Museum.

Early Maytag electric washing machine from Amana, IA illustrates Hoovers effort to electrify America as Secretary of Commerce at Hoover Museum.

Radio microphone used by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover for first licensed radio station on January 15, 1921 in Pittsburgh now at Hoover Museum.

Herbert Hoover 1928 Presidential campaign buttons.

Light bulb with HH initials & elephant promoting Hoover's record of the electrification of America in his political efforts at Hoover Museum.

Hoover for President pins (1928) at Hoover Museum.

Hoover for President elephant at Hoover Museum.

Hoover & Al Smith pins at Hoover Museum.

Herbert Hoover Inauguration gold medal (March 9, 1929) at Hoover Museum.

Brass medal to commemorate first combination train-air passenger service (July 7, 1929) at Hoover Museum.

First Presidential telephone at Hoover Museum.

Presidential China used from Woodrow Wilson through Herbert Hoover by Lenox of Trenton, NJ at Hoover Museum.

American eagle on Presidential china at Hoover Museum.

Yellow bordered Presidential china at Hoover Museum.

Presidential china detail at Hoover Museum.

Eagle radiator emblem displayed on Hoover's White House automobiles at Hoover Museum.

Miniature enameled portrait of King of Siam given to Hoover during 1931 royal visit at Hoover Museum.

Hoover reelection campaign buttons at Hoover Museum.

Don't Change Now reelection poster at Hoover Museum.

Herbert Hoover Toby mug at Hoover Museum.

Hoover's Park Ave. New York apartment office (1940) at Hoover Museum.

Lou Henry Hoover portrait over Hoover's retirement office fireplace at Hoover Museum.

Antique blue Chinese porcelain collection of Hoovers.

Antique blue Chinese porcelain collection of Hoovers.

Antique blue Chinese porcelain collection of Hoovers.

Rouge de Fer plate from Ming dynasty (1426-45) at Hoover Museum.

Engraving of First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation after F.B. Carpenter's 1864 painting at Hoover Museum.

University of Iowa mascot Herky the Hawk by artist Lou Picek carrying flour sack to feed the world at Hoover Museum.


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