Grandpa Bill and Black Beauty Travel: 2014

This morning I had a wonderful breakfast at Reid's Beans, Coffee Shoppe Cafe, Located At 106 East Main Street, West Branch, Iowa. Jonathan Blundall & Laura Aierson are the owners and chefs. The cafe is next to the historic site and the museum. I highly recommend it if you are in the area and they serve other meals than breakfast.

Reid's Beans, Coffee Shoppe Cafe, Located At 106 East Main Street, West Branch, Iowa where I ate breakfast.

Before we go inside the Presidential Library and Museum lets look at some of the beautiful trees on the grounds.

Beautiful Trees Clothed in Their Fall Colors

Beautiful Trees

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site has a number of buildings you will see later but I will list them here now: Hoover Boyhood Home, Hoover Home, Friends Meeting House, Hoover's Birthplace, Jesse Hoover's Blacksmith Shop, Schoolhouse, Amada Garvin Cottage, C. E. Smith House, Laban Miles House, Dr. Leech House and Hannah Varney House.

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

Herbert Hoover Comments. He Was Our Thirty-First President Serving From
1929 - 1933

Entrance in Herbert Hoover Galleries

Plaque - An Uncommon Man

Enlargement of Plaque - An Uncommon Man

Plaque - An Uncommon Man

Plaque - An Iowa Boyhood

Enlargement of Plaque - An Iowa Boyhood

Hoover as a boy with fishing pole

Hoover's Father and Mother

Oregon -- Hoover as a 10 year old travels to Oregon after his parents died to live with
an uncle John Minthorn.

Oregon -- Hoover as a 10 year old travels to Oregon after his parents died to live with

an uncle John Minthorn.

Oregon -- Hoover as a 10 year old travels to Oregon after his parents died to live with

an uncle John Minthorn.

I Do Not Recall What This Is.

Hoover Enters Stanford Junior University

Enlargement of Hoover Enters Stanford Junior University

Herbert Hoover and Friends at Stanford

Enlargement of Herbert Hoover and Friends at Stanford University

Herbert Hoover in top hat

Lou Henry age 19

Herbert and Lou

Herbert in Australia

Australia--"Three Yards Inside Civilization"

Enlargement of Australia--"Three Yards Inside Civilization"

Tools

Hoover Looks at Drawings

Letter Excerpt From Hoover to his Sister

Mining equipment see below. As a child growing up on the farm I often used a carbide light exactly like this when I went fishing at night. Something that most people did not know was that if you had gas coming out of the lamp and you held you hand over the reflector shield and let the gas build up under your hand then you rapidly removed your hand striking the flint it you make an loud noise light a fire cracker.

Mining Equipment

Bert and Lou Marriage.

Bert and Lou Marriage

Herbert and Lou

Bert and Lou go to China.

Enlargement of Bert and Lou go to China.

Lou stands by a gun in China

Lou Hoover After the Boxer Rebellion

Lou Carrying a Revolver During the Boxer Rebellion

Hoover Man of The World

Man of the World

Enlargement of Man of the World

The Great War

World War I and Over There

World War I

Enlargement of World War I

Belgian Lace

European Relief

Belgian Lace

Belgian Lace Famous Since the 16th Century

Belgian Lace

Spools of Thread and Pins Used in Making Lace

The Ordeal of Belgium

Enlargement of The Ordeal of Belgium

Food for Belgium

Flour Sacks Were Embroidered and Painted as Artwork

The Relief of Belgium

American Flour for Belgium Relief

Feeding the World

Enlargement of Feeding the World

A World of Thanks

Enlargement of A World of Thanks

Enlargement of A World of Thanks - Children's Drawings

Children, Scroll, Shoe and Rooster Sculpture

Food Will Win the War

After the Great War

After the Great War-- Fads, Sports Literature, Heroes

New Items In Everyday Life

First Television Broadcast 1927

Consumer Revolution

Consumer Revolution Pause and Refresh Yourself With A Coke'Cola

Consumer Revolution For Teeth and Gums

Consumer Revolution Pocket Sized Camera

Consumer Revolution Packard Inventions Improve Vehicle Safety

Consumer Revolution New Sealing Methods Improve and Preserve Taste

The Child's Bill of Rights

Enlargement of The Child's Bill of Rights

Hoover- Secretary of Commerce

Standardizing a Culture

Enlargement of Standardizing a Culture

Hoover Regulates the Airwaves, Aviation, Highway Safety,Electricity, and Industry

Searching for a Philosophy

Enlargement of Searching for a Philosophy

Hoover Regulates the Airwaves, Aviation, Highway Safety,Electricity, and Industry

Secretary of Commerce, Undersecretary of Everything Else

Continuation of Secretary of Commerce, Undersecretary of Everything Else

Hoover Dam

Better Homes in America

Continuation of Better Homes in America

Radio

Continuation of Radio

RCA Radiola

Hoover Dam

Taming The Colorado

1927 Flood of the Mississippi

Election of 1928

Who but Hoover for President

Enlargement of Who but Hoover for President

Hoover Wins

East Side Versus West Branch. Al Smith was nominated to oppose Hoover. As the
first catholic to nominated for president we saw some political mudslinging that
would occur years later.

Continuation of Enlargement of Who but Hoover for President

The Good Neighbor

Continuation of The Good Neighbor

Hoover Accomplishments

Continuation of Hoover Accomplishments

1929 Stock Market Crash

Wall Street: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

Continuation of Wall Street: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

Living in the White House

Boom or Bust - The Way Most Americans Viewed Economics

Continuation of Boom or Bust - The Way Most Americans Viewed Economics

The Great Depression

Herbert Hoover

Hoover Comments At Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, May,1931

Why The Great Depression

Continuation of Why The Great Depression

Desperate Times - Desperate Measures

Continuation of Desperate Times - Desperate Measures

Hoover 1932 Presidential Campaign

Lou Henry Hoover Gallery

Girl Scouts

Banking Crisis of 1933

Continuation of Banking Crisis of 1933

The Boys' Club

Enlargement of The Boys' Club

Gifts to President Hoover

Identification of Gifts to President Hoover

Gifts of Esteem Shown and Identified Above

Hoover Retires to Waldorf Towers Suite 31-A

A Comfortable Monastery

Continuation of A Comfortable Monastery

Continuation of A Comfortable Monastery. Reproduction of Hoover's Office in the Waldorf Towers

Continuation of A Comfortable Monastery. Reproduction of Hoover's Office in the Waldorf Towers. Identification of Items Depicted.

Continuation of A Comfortable Monastery. Reproduction of Hoover's Office in the Waldorf Towers. Identification of Items Depicted. Lou Henry Painting

Continuation of A Comfortable Monastery. Reproduction of Hoover's Office in the Waldorf Towers. Identification of Items Depicted. Abraham Lincoln Painting

Truman and Hoover

Hoover was a Counselor to the Republic After he Left Office.

Hoover loved fishing

Hoover's Death and Burial

President Hoover and Lou Final Resting Place in West Branch, Iowa

View of Grounds From Burial Site

President Hoover and Lou Final Resting Place in West Branch, Iowa

Hoover Boyhood Home

Hoover Home

Friends Meeting House

Inside Friends Meeting House

Beautiful Trees In October

Hoover's Birthplace

Inside Hoover's Birthplace

Back of Hoover's Birthplace

Outdoor Toilet

Water Well

Storm Door -Hoover's Birthplace

Jesse Hoover Blacksmith Shop

Inside Jesse Hoover Blacksmith Shop

Schoolhouse

Inside Schoolhouse

Hooks For Students to Hang Their Coats

Schoolhouse

End of Jesse Hoover Blacksmith Shop and beautiful trees

Amanda Garvin Cottage

C. E. Smith House

Laban Miles House

Hitching Post

Dr. Leech House

Hannah Varney House

Herbert Hoover's Birthplace

Isis--- The Goddess Of Life

Plaque. Considering the strong Friend religious background I found it strange that they had this statue here but then I realized the strong connection the Belgium people felt to President Hoover and especially his efforts to feed the starving people would want to honor him. Note the appearance of a veil the artist sculptured over the head.

Believe it not I am finally caught up on my postings for 2014. It has been a marvelous year of seeing God's beautiful great creation and the many, many interesting places I have seen. I do have some specific travel plans for 2015 the Lord willing so stay tuned for what all may come about.Until then remember what I always say God loves you and so do I.

Grandpa Bill

Grandpa Bill and Black Beauty Travel

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum, 10/18/2014, Post 2