Pauline was the pet of President William Howard Taft and is seen here grazing on the south lawn of the White House. She supplied the Taft family with fresh milk daily.
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zyrcster 51 months ago | reply
Info on Pauline from the Presidential pet museum:
www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/Pets/Pauline_Wayne.htm
Mouserola! 51 months ago | reply
Here is another photo of the cow, but the spots don't look the same to me! What's the story? Is one of the images actually reversed, so we're really seeing the cow's other side? Or is one the PREVIOUS presidential cow, Mooly Wooly?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cow-taft.jpg
Thanks for this photo, by the way, it was a big thrill for me. I'm from Wisconsin, and my grandfather shook hands with president Taft in 1912 when Taft visited Appleton, Wisconsin. Grandpa was ten years old. The president suddenly turned to him and said, "Little boy, how would you like to shake hands with the president of the United States?" Big turning point and influence on my grandfather's life. When George Bush came to Appleton, the Post-Crescent newspaper declared it was the first time a "sitting president" had come to town. My grandfather straightened the newspaper out, which was duly acknowledged in a follow up article.
Pauline was from Kenosha, Wisconsin. The original detailed New York Times newspaper article about Pauline can be viewed at:
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9507E...
Filippo P 51 months ago | reply
Cow controversy! I love it!
Pixel Wrangler 51 months ago | reply
Cow Gate!
My money is on Mooley Wooly!
(then again, those 'spots' were hand colored ;)
DC Public Library Commons 51 months ago | reply
Ha! Cow Gate! I love it.
Norskejenta1 [deleted] 20 months ago | reply
This is a Beautiful, photo. I learned something new, again today. Great Historical Photo. Thank you.
someclevername 11 months ago | reply
very cool
elvis.sevening 11 months ago | reply
would love to use this as an album cover.
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kulbirkaur02@ymail.com 10 months ago | reply
nice picture
excellentzebu1050 8 months ago | reply
Beautiful
shopobdii 7 months ago | reply
So beautiful! I like this picture! The color match very vell
paulocezarteixeirateixeira 3 months ago | reply
bucólilca sena!