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Creator: Gruber, Martin A

Subject: Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924        Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt 1872-1961        White House (Washington, D.C.)

Type: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1919     C. 1920-1924

Topic: Buildings      Sheep

Local number: SIA RU007355 [SIA2010-1986]

Summary: During World War I, Woodrow and Edith Wilson kept a flock of sheep on the White House grounds to save costs to cut the grass. The wool was also auctioned off to raise money for the Red Cross

Cite as: RU007355 - Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Place: Washington (D.C.)

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Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Camera location38° 53′ 50.71″ N, 77° 02′ 11.95″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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