President Wilson's Sheep at the White House
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CloseID: SIA RU007355 [SIA2010-1990]
Creator: Gruber, Martin A
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1919
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7355, Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, Image No. SIA2010-1990
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.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7355, Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, Image No. SIA2010-1990
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Washington (D.C.)
Black-and-white photographs
SIA RU007355 [SIA2010-1990]