Collection Preservation of the White House
In the 1960s, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy oversaw the task of restoring the White House interiors and thus founded the...
Lou Hoover at a desk
- Date of Work
- 1932
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- White House Historical Association/White House Collection
Lou Hoover at a desk
Mrs. Hoover, c. 1932, seated at the reproduction of the Monroe Doctrine Desk.
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