Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover undertook a day-long trip throughout southern California on August 17, 1928. He visited Santa Barbara, Glendale, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, and San Bernardino.
The Hoover family stands on the front steps of a Spanish-style residence. Standing in the back are Herbert Hoover, Jr. and Allan Hoover. In front of them, from left to right, are Margaret Eva Watson Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, and Herbert Hoover.
Herbert Hoover, left, waves his hat to the crowd as Lou Henry Hoover, standing beside him, waves a gloved hand. They are aboard a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train.
