Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Portrait of Hulda Minthorn Hoover, mother of Herbert Hoover, in a dress with high neck collar and roses. The photograph, taken between 1880 and 1884 [her death], is oval and tacked to a board and rephotographed. Refer to the article, "The Making of an American Herbert Hoover." Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 1928: H2. Photograph published at bottom of page with caption, "Herbert Hoover's parents, Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Minthorn Hoover, from photographs taken about 1885 [date approximate, as Mrs. Hoover reported to have died in 1884] - Adelbert Bartlett Photo." [Rephotographed by Bartlett in 1928] Text from newspaper caption: Herbert Hoover's parents, Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Minthorn Hoover, from photographs taken about 1885 - Adelbert Bartlett Photo. Handwritten on negative: Herbert Hoover mother Text from negative sleeve: Hoover, Herbert; Mother
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