Oregon Garden Exhibit photographs collection [graphic], circa 1995

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Oregon Garden Exhibit photographs collection [graphic], circa 1995

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The Oregon Garden Exhibit photographs collection consists of 10 color photographic prints and two hand-lettered signs created circa 1995 in conjunction with an exhibit featuring the gardens of Herbert Hoover's boyhood home in Newberg, Oregon. Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, lived in the house with his aunt, Laura Minthorn, and uncle, John Minthorn, from 1885 to 1889. The gardens that surround the home, designed by landscape architect Elizabeth Lord, are the primary subject of the photographs. The photographer is unidentified, and the collection is unprocessed.

Unprocessed collection: Approx. 0.1 cubic feet (10 photographic prints and two signs in five folders)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8111091

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Minthorn House (Newberg, Or.)

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Minthorn, Laura.

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Minthorn, Henry John.

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Lord, Elizabeth, 1887-1976

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