my name is edward maeder and i'm here massachusetts at the kind invitation of tom schwartz who i've for many years because of my erstwhile involvement with abraham, which actually began in 71 by making the costumes for an abraham lincoln wax museum that was actually built in cedar falls, iowa, in 1971. so my so my connections go back. so when he contacted me last fall to talk about lou and fashions are i was one of the many people who knew very little about lou henry hoover i to say i immediately purchased the six books and read them and them and in a very short period of time fell sort of madly in love with her. i up with several titles i really like sleuthing at the seams, which i thought was pretty good, but i'm going to be talking about her life and fashion people. think about her as this image that you see here on. a bit kind of taciturn and probably a bit thought full and scholarly. ah, but you wouldn't think of as a fashion plate. and coming from waterloo iowa, you know how the rest of the world thinks that nothing really happens in iowa. well, it's not it's just not true. she gr

my name is edward maeder and i'm here massachusetts at the kind

my name is edward maeder and i'm here massachusetts at the kind invitation of tom schwartz who i've for many years because of my erstwhile involvement with abraham, which actually began in 71 by making the costumes