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.
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.