Collection of four items personally-owned and -used by Lou Henry Hoover, all originally presented to White House maid Maggie Rogers. Items are: a pair of wooden glove-stretchers, 2.5 x 12.25; a hand-made light brown chiffon scarf done by White House seamstress Lillian Rogers Parks; a small hand-tooled brown leather case, with a flower and cactus design and embossed, “Tucson, Arizona”; and an attractive 4.75″ green celluloid comb. Each item is accompanied by detailed letters of provenance on White House letterhead from Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a best selling author as well as housekeeper and seamstress at the White House for over 30 years, from President Hoover through President Eisenhower. In the letters Mrs. Parks states both items were presented to her mother Maggie Rogers, who in her role as White House First Maid was often around the First Ladies. In overall fine condition.
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