For many years the Loomhouse has sold a small portable table loom designed by First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover.
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On a visit in the 1940s while still the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt crushed a floorboard, which she later signed; it is now lost.
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While visiting the Loomhouse, Mrs. Roosevelt bought woven mats that would see use in the White House.
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Among the history of the cabins have been the visits of first ladies, and the creation of the song Happy Birthday to You.