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The Hoover desk, also known colloquially as FDR's Oval Office desk, is a large block front desk, used by Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office. Created in 1930 as a part of a 17-piece office suite by furniture makers from Grand Rapids, Michigan , the Art Deco desk was given to the White House by the Grand Rapids ...
Hoover desk: Herbert Hoover [note 2] 82.5 by 45.5 inches (210 by 116 cm) [29] A December 24, 1929 fire severely damaged the West Wing, including the Oval Office. President Herbert Hoover accepted the donation of a new desk from a group of Grand Rapids, Michigan, furniture-makers and used it as his Oval Office desk after the new office was ...
The 1930 State of the Union Address was delivered by President Herbert Hoover on December 2, 1930, in the second year of his presidency and during the early stages of the Great Depression. Hoover focused on the government's response to the economic crisis, which included promoting voluntary cooperation between businesses, labor, and government ...
Herbert Hoover Jr., on the cover of Time, July 14, 1930. In 1928, Herbert Jr was hired by Western Air Express to set up its communications system. [8] Over the next year and a half, he set up a network of stations across the Western U.S. capable of guiding radio-equipped aircraft along 15,000 miles of airways. [8]
Along the way, sons Herbert, Jr. (1903) and Allan (1907) were born. ... Lou Henry Hoover addressed the nation by radio on March 23, 1931 along with Girl Scouts Lois Kuhn (left) and Peggy Starr. ...
June 12 – First Lady Lou Henry Hoover hosts Jessie De Priest for tea at the White House. June 15 – Hoover signs the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929 into law. June 21 – U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Dwight Morrow arbitrates the end of the Cristero War. June 25 – Hoover signs the Boulder Canyon Project Act into law, funding the Boulder Dam ...
[1] [5] An association of Grand Rapids, Michigan, furniture-makers built a new suite of 17 furniture pieces in 1930 as a gift for the rebuilt Oval Office including a new desk, now known as the Hoover desk. [24] This desk was used by President Hoover for remainder of his term, and by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency.
The 1929 State of the Union Address was given by Herbert Hoover, the 31st United States President on Tuesday, December 3, 1929, to both houses of the 71st United States Congress. This is the first State of the Union Address that Herbert Hoover would give to the Congress, and the 1929 Stock Market Crash had just begun.