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Description
"Famous Names on Public School Lists Make Known Their Wants to Santa" headlined a humorous article on December 15th, 1936 in the Portland Evening Express. Lloyd George, also the name of the English Prime Minister in 1916, was pictured here carving a rabbit. This Lloyd, of the Portland Heseltine School, wanted a pair of boxing gloves. Other notable names in the article included Al Smith, who wanted a cowboy hat, and Herbert Hoover Denny, who wanted a bike.
About This Item
- Title: Lloyd George, Portland, 1936
- Creation Date: 1936-12-15
- Subject Date: 1936-12-15
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.1631.1
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Boxing
- Boys
- Carving (Decorative arts)
- Christmas
- Heseltine School (Portland, Me.)--Students
- Prime ministers--Great Britain
- Rabbits
- Santa Claus
- Sporting goods
- Wishes
People
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