RPPC U.S. PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER AT CAPITOL BUILDING REAL PHOTO POSTCARD 1915

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RPPC U.S. PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER AT CAPITOL BUILDING REAL PHOTO POSTCARD 1915:
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RPPC U.S.PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER IN FRONT CAPITOL BUILDING REAL PHOTO POSTCARD(FRONT ROW 4th IN FROM THE LEFT)Rare pre-political career photograph in Washington D.C. Dec.1st 1915CONDITION IS EXTRA FINE WITH SHARP FOCUS, RANGE, CONTRAST.CANCEL WASHINGTON D.C. Dec 1 1915 w/ 1 CENT STAMP.At the time this photo was taken Herbert Hoover was a mining engineer by profession and was visiting Washington DC between his trips to Europe to head a commission for the relief of Belgian refugees.
*Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was anAmerican engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31stPresident of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the GreatDepression. A Republican, as Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s heintroduced themes of efficiency in the business community and providedgovernment support for standardization, efficiency and international trade.As president from 1929 to 1933, his domestic programs were overshadowedby the onset of the Great Depression. Hoover was defeated in a landslideelection in 1932 by Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt, who promised a NewDeal. After this loss, Hoover became staunchly conservative, and advocatedagainst Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.Claiming to be the first student from Stanford University, Hoover would goon to a successful mining engineer career around the globe until he retiredin 1912—he is the only president to have known Mandarin Chinese. In theFirst World War, Hoover built an international reputation as ahumanitarian by leading relief efforts in Belgium during the war, and inEastern Europe afterwards. He headed the U.S. Food Administrationduring World War I. His reputation as a progressive businessman fightingfor efficiency and elimination of waste was built by his service as anatypically prominent Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928).
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