Oral History; Interviews -- United States; Hoover Company; World war II -- Evacuations -- England;
Description
n August of 1940, H.W. Hoover Sr., President of The Hoover Company, brought 84 British children to North Canton, Ohio. The children, whose parents were employees of Hoover Limited, located just outside of London, ranged in age from 2-15 and were brought to Stark County and fostered by local families in order to keep them out of harm’s way in war-torn Europe. This photograph depicts the group of 84 children that came to the North Canton, Ohio area.
Creator
The Hoover Company
Publisher
Walsh University
Date
1940
Type
Photograph
Format
JPG
Rights
Copyright Walsh University and the Hoover Historical Society
The Hoover Company British War Children Oral History Collection
