Collection The White House Social Secretary
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have displayed a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
Howell Crim
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- Collection of Howell B. Crim, Jr.
Howell Crim
Howell Crim, chief usher from 1938 to 1957, is pictured at work in his temporary office at Blair House during the Truman renovation.
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