President Herbert Hoover standing on the back of a railroad car with first Lady Lou Henry Roosevelt holding a lion cub, El Monte, 1932

Item Overview

Title

President Herbert Hoover standing on the back of a railroad car with first Lady Lou Henry Roosevelt holding a lion cub, El Monte, 1932

Date Created

[November 1932]

Date

1932-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover a the platform on the back of a train car in El Monte. Mrs. Hoover holds a lion cub that someone offered to her as a pet. She gave it back before departing.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Hoover, Herbert
Text from newspaper caption for a similar photo taken on the same occasion : "First Lady Turns Down Lion Cub As a Pet. A cub lion was presented to Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the president, when they boarded a train at El Monte, Calif., after a visit in southern California. Mrs. Hoover held the lion until time for the train to start on the trip back home to Washington, then she handed the pet back to its original owner. No lion for the White House," Milwaukee Sentinel, 16 Nov. 1932: 18.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Location

El Monte (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lions--California
Presidents' spouses--United States
Presidents--United States