This photograph shows First Lady Lou Henry Hoover planting a cedar tree on the White House Grounds. President Herbert Hoover and others look on.

This photograph shows John Philip Sousa conducting the United States Marine Band in a performance of his "The Royal Welch Fusiliers" march for President Herbert Hoover and British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay. Sousa was an American composer who served in the United States Marine Corps and as conductor of the Marine Band. He is known for composing "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and marches like "The Washington Post", among others.

This photograph by Harris & Ewing shows outgoing President Herbert Hoover greeting President-Elect Franklin Roosevelt outside the North Portico of the White House on inauguration day.

This photograph is of President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover standing on the North Portico with Mexican President-elect Pascual Ortiz-Rubio and his wife, Josefa de Ortiz.

This photograph by Herbert E. French of National Photo Company shows President Herbert Hoover greeting a crowd of well-wishers following his inauguration. French was known for his photographs that captured life in Washington, D.C., from the Wilson through to the Hoover administrations.

This photograph shows President Herbert Hoover on the White House South Lawn receiving a gift from a group of Boy Scouts. Since its founding in 1910, every president since William H. Taft has served as honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America. President Gerald R. Ford was the first Eagle Scout to become vice president and president.

This photograph is of President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover greeting disabled veterans at a garden party held in their honor. The image shows that the party was not segregated.

In this photograph, President Herbert Hoover presents the gold Medal of the National Geographic Society to Amelia Earhart on June 21, 1932. Amelia Earhart was honored for being the first woman to complete a solo flight across the Atlantic. Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor of the National Geographic Society stands on Hoover's right; First Lady Lou Henry Hoover stands on Earhart's left.