Dec 17, 2024
Hair comb, about 1902.
Designed and made by Henry Wilson, London.
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Hair comb, about 1902.
Designed and made by Henry Wilson, London.
Necklace
Henry Wilson
gold, ruby, pearl, moonstone, enamel, emerald, 1910
Victoria and Albert Museum
is it true that nixon didn't use the resolute desk in the oval office when he was president because he used woodrow wilson's desk?
Yes...well...kinda...
President Nixon and President Ford both used what was called the "Wilson Desk" instead of the more famous Resolute Desk used by most modern Presidents in the Oval Office.
Nixon was an admirer of Woodrow Wilson and mistakenly believed that the "Wilson Desk" had been used by President Wilson during World War I. It was then believed that instead of Woodrow Wilson, the desk had actually belonged to Henry Wilson, who served two years as Ulysses S. Grant's second-term Vice President before dying in office in 1875.
But, it turns out that the "Wilson Desk" was never used by President OR Vice President Wilson. It was purchased by Garrett A. Hobart, who was William McKinley's first-term Vice President (Vice President Hobart also died in office), and used in the Vice President's Room in the Senate wing of the U.S Capitol. Somewhere along the way, it was erroneously believed that the desk had been used by Presidents McKinley and Wilson, but it now seems that the desk was almost always used by VICE Presidents at the Capitol, beginning with VP Hobart in 1898. Nixon became familiar with the desk because he also used it when he was Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961). When Lyndon Johnson succeeded Nixon as Vice President, the "Wilson Desk" ended up in Texas at the LBJ Ranch for a while. LBJ may have even used the desk at the LBJ Ranch while he was President. (President Johnson didn't use the "Wilson" OR Resolute desks in the Oval Office during his Presidency -- he used a desk that he had previously used while serving in the Senate, and that desk is now on display at the LBJ Library's replica Oval Office exhibit in Austin.) LBJ's Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey seems to be the first VP since Hobart originally ordered the "Wilson" desk who did not use it during his Vice Presidency. When Nixon was inaugurated as President in 1969, he immediately sought out the "Wilson Desk" for the Oval Office.
I believe that the "Wilson Desk" (which, again, wasn't actually used by a Wilson but is still primarily known by that name) has been back in the Vice President's Room at the Capitol since President Ford left the White House and has been used in the VP's Senate office by every Vice President since Walter Mondale in 1977.
Neil Lewis | Robert Capa | Lenny Miller | Emmett | Henry Wilson
🩷 (fluff) 🍆 (smut) 😈 (angst) 🩹 (hurt/comfort)
*fic rec masterlist*
divine destiny 34 (haha Eisenhower number)
Ike meet the VPs--Funnily enough, both of these guys underwent a name change at some point in their lives. One of them absolutely hated his name and petitioned a court in order to change it. The other accidentally had his first and middle names switched around somewhere in the military clerical sauce. I guess it goes to show that you truly can be whoever you want, whether you consciously knew it or not.
The vice presidents of the United States should have a sleepover. A veepover, if you will
MAN-TLE
New highly emotional moodboard for Henry Wilson aka Shivering Soldier and William Killick because they are in pain and they deserved better and I love them.
It's almost midnight. I can hear the waves crashing on the shore. I got the vibes. The night's perfect.