Painting, Prohibition - Herbert Hoover

 
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Painting, Prohibition - Herbert Hoover
Painting, Prohibition - Herbert Hoover
Painting, Prohibition - Herbert Hoover
Painting, Prohibition - Herbert Hoover

Painting, Prohibition - Herbert Hoover

Object number2002.001.09
Date1930
Dimensions34 x 30 in. (86.4 x 76.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionPainting is of Herbert Hoover as a butcher in a Washington deli. He is looking at a giant piece of boloney that reads, "Prohibition" across it in black. The bottom of the painting reads, "Boloney.” Prohibition began in 1920 and ended when Franklin Roosevelt became President in 1933. 
    Status
    Not on view
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