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Lights On Ike Hoover Electrifies the White House Cynthia ~ In 1891 nineteenyearold Irwin “Ike” Hoover was sent by the Edison Electric Company to assist in the wiring of the White House for electric lights Like many Americans at the time President Benjamin Harrison and his wife were extremely afraid of electricity
Colorado Author Spotlights Electrifying the White House in ~ In 1891 the White House flipped a switch that shined new light on President Benjamin Harrison’s provisional home In Cynthia Simmelink Becker’s book Lights On Ike Hoover Electrifies the White House young Ike Hoover navigates the White House rafters and walls to install the wiring for electric lights replacing the conventional candles and lamps that the bulk of Americans were accustomed to
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Lights on Ike Hoover electrifies the White House Book ~ In 1891 nineteenyearold Irwin Ike Hoover was sent by the Edison Electric Company to assist in the wiring of the White House for electric lights Like many Americans at the time President Benjamin Harrison and his wife were extremely afraid of electricity In fact the Harrisons were so afraid they didnt want to turn the lights on and off
Lights On 2017 Foreword INDIES Winner — Foreword Reviews ~ Lights On tells the story of Ike Hoover who was sent by Thomas Edison to wire the White House for electricity in 1892 Ike not only turned the lights on in ‘the President’s House’ he stayed as a White House employee for 42 years serving Presidents Benjamin Harrison through Franklin Roosevelt
Lights On Book Hummel Illustration ~ In 1891 electric lights were just beginning to replace gas lamps Congress appropriated money for the installation of an Edison generator in the State War and Navy Building next door to the White House to serve both buildings The White House wiring was done by Ike Hoover
Recommended White House Literature for Young Readers ~ Lights On Ike Hoover Electrifies the White House Palmer Lake CO Filter Press LLC 2017 Explore the President’s House as it was in 1891 when Irwin “Ike” Hoover brought electricity to the Executive Mansion for President and First Lady Harrison
Irwin Ike H Hoover Wikipedia ~ Irwin Ike Hoover was born in Washington the son of a grocer His first job was as a telephone operator but he later became an electrician He became an employee of the Edison Electric Company and was sent to the White House on May 6 1891 to install the first electric lights and
The Electric Career of Ike Hoover White House Historical ~ The men are still at work putting in the electric lights and when they are through the Post declared there will be nearly 1000 incandescent lamps in the White House 3 One of the young men on the installation job had reported for duty on May 6 He was nineteenyearold Irwin H Hoover known as Ike In his memoir Hoover recalls
PCC book signing to honor local writer posthumously ~ Ike Hoover Electrifies the White House Illustrator Benjamin Hubbel and Simmelink Beckers husband David Becker will make remarks at 5 Sadly the release is posthumous Simmelink Becker
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