Childhood photograph of Herbert Hoover, with his sister Mary and brother Theodore, West Branch, Iowa, [1881-1884], rephotographed Santa Monica, 1928
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Handwritten at edge of negative: 1679, Photograph of print, held with tack at right edge, Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1664 - 1665 - 1666 - 1667 - 1668 - 1669 1670 - 1671 - 1672 - 1673 - 1674 - 1675 1676 - 1677 - 1678 - 1679 - 1680 - 1681 Herbert Hoover, Copies boyhood pictures, Mrs. Mary Van Ness Leavitt, sister, Santa Monica, Put names on negs, A similar photograph, from about 1888-1890, appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 12, 1928, Glimpses at Secretary Hoover’s Youth Gleaned From Family Album. Out of an old family album in the possession of his sister, Mrs. Mary Van Ness Leavitt … were culled these old photographs giving an intimate glimpse into the early life of Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, and the outstanding candidate for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. … The Times is indebted to Mrs. Leavitt for the old photographs, reproduced below with a number of the most recent pictures taken of the Secretary., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Herbert Hoover, about age 8, seated on stool, with his sister Mary Hoover (later Mary Van Ness Leavitt) seated on bench, brother Theodore Hoover standing behind them, copied from Hoover family album