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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. WILSON_151218_101.JPG: L'Esperance" (Hope) Presented to Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, November 27, 1917, by Mrs. Hovsep Pushman, as an expression of thanks for the hope and gratitude his efforts to help suffering Armenia have inspired in the hearts of all Armenian women.
2. WILSON_151218_109.JPG: Above the fireplace in the drawing room here at the Woodrow Wilson House hangs a beautiful portrait of a young girl holding a small flower. However, the meaning behind the portrait is much deeper than just a painting that is pleasing to the eye. Hovsep Pushman, the artist, was born in Armenia in 1877. He studied art in Istanbul, Paris, and Chicago, and was later naturalized as a U.S. citizen. Gaining much of his influence from oriental art, he stressed the importance of three main components in his artwork: color, modeling, and imagination. However, in all of Pushman's paintings, color seems to be the most important out of all the components. The Near East was in a state of turmoil at the same time as World War I, during Woodrow Wilson's presidency. Armenian families and their children were devastated by conflict between Turks and Armenians. The United States was very active in relief efforts. On November 27, 1917, Hovsep Pushman's wife led a delegation of Armenians to the White House to meet Wilson. The youngest member of the group, Miss Alidz Kurkjian, presented the painting to Wilson. She gave a short speech expressing the Armenian people's appreciation for the United States' efforts to help them in their time of need. The painting depicts Pushman's niece, Dora, at the age of 14 dressed in traditional Armenian costume. The look of sadness on her face represents the suffering of the Armenian people. It also represents the thousands of little children who perished as a result of the genocide, as well as those who were completely dependent on charity for survival. The flower Dora holds is a Mountain Snowdrop. Some cultures in the Near East see the flowers as good luck and protection from evil. Its appearance in Armenia is a sign that winter is ending and that spring is on its way -- a sign of hope for better times. Dora and the flower symbolize the hope for the future of Armenia, helped by Americans. The inscription on the frame reads: "L'Esperance." (Hope) Presented to Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, November 27, 1917, by Mrs. Hovsep Pushman, as an expression of thanks for the hope and gratitude his efforts to help suffering Armenia have inspired in the hearts of all Armenian women. Alidz Kurkjian later said that she saw President Wilson wipe tears from his eyes during her presentation of the painting because he was so touched by it. It hung in the White House through the remainder of Wilson's final term in office. When the Wilsons moved to S Street, the President hung it over the fireplace in the drawing room where it remains today. -Kate Raber The above was from http://woodrowwilsonhouse.blogspot.com/2013/07/spotlight-on-our-collections-lesperance.html
3. WILSON_151218_339.JPG: International clock. Very few of the names match US spellings for them. The US cities are on the right -- Washington Omaha Cikaco (Chicago) St. Luis (St. Louis)
4. WILSON_151218_441.JPG: Wool from President Wilson's Sheep bought at Auction May 21, 1918 on Boston Common for the benefit of the Second Red Cross War Fund
Wikipedia Description: Woodrow Wilson House
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The Woodrow Wilson House was the residence of the Twenty-Eighth President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. Located in Washington, D.C. at 2340 S Street NW on Embassy Row, the president lived there after his second term as president. On February 3rd, 1924, Wilson died in an upstairs bedroom. Today the home is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and operated as a museum.

History:

President Woodrow Wilson bought the home on Embassy Row in the last months of his second term as President of the United States as a gift to his wife, Edith Bolling Wilson. He presented the deed to the house to her in December of 1920, all the while he had never actually seen the home in person. The former president and his wife moved into the home on Inauguration Day, which in 1921 was March 4th, not the current date of January 20th. Wilson made several modifications to the house which included: a billiard's room, a stacks for his library of over 8,000 books, an elevator, and a one story brick garage.

It was from the balcony of the house that Wilson addressed a crowd on November 11th, 1923, as his last public appearance. And while the Wilsons had few guests, former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau did visit the ailing former president there. After Wilson's death in 1924, Edith Wilson lived there until her death on December 28, 1961. She bequeathed the property and many of its furnishings to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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