- He started playing at seven years old
- Built by Frank Nixon
- Clock was a wedding Gift to Hannah and Frank
- Hannah and Frank Nixon 1908 wedding photo
- Highchair in the corner was used by all five Nixon boys (4 here, one in Whittier)
- As a 7th grader Julie Nixon wrote this poem, "A Beauty," in honor of her grandmother Hannah.
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This is precious Julie. Do send a copy to your grandmother and will you make one for the newspaper (if you wish) and, please, one for me
She is breakers and coral
And white mountain laurel
As constant as hills and as sweet as a rose.
She is midsummer meadows
And cool mountain shadows
The dream of a child and the peace of repose.
She is soft April showers
And wild tropic flowers
A cool mountain stream and a Christmas snow.
Her manner of sweetness
Portrays life's completeness
She is my nanna -- I ought to know!
Julie Nixon
- From left to right are her sister Tricia, grandparents Hannah and Frank Nixon, and Julie herself.
- These are some of Nixon's old Books
The five Nixon brothers each at age four. Each was named after an English king except Francis Donald was named after his father
- Harold - The oldest - died of tuberculosis at 23
- Richard - only one born in this house
- Francis Donald - businessman
- Arthur - died of tuberculous at 7
- Ed - born 17 years after Richard - never lived in this house (Whittier)
- January 9th, 1913
- Given to Hannah as a gift
Yes, I know there are stains on my carpet,
The traces of small muddy boots,
And I see your fair tapestry glowing,
All spotless with flowers and fruits.
And I know that my walls are disfigured,
With prints of small fingers and hands,
And that your own household most truly
In immaculate purity stands.
And I know that my parlor is littered
With many odd treasures and toys,
While your won is in daintiest order,
Unharmed by the presence of Boys.
And I know that my room is invaded
Quite boldly all hours of the day;
While you sit in yours unmolested
And dream the soft quiet away.
Yes, I know there are little bedsides
Where I must stand watchful each night,
While you go out in your carriage,
And flash in your dresses so bright.
Now, I think I'm a neat little woman,
And I like my house orderly, too;
And I'm fond of all dainty belongings,
Yet I would not change places with you.
No! Keep your fair home with its order,
Its freedom from bother and noise,
And keep your own fanciful leisure,
But give me my splendid boys.
- Richard's Grandparents
- Adapted from the White House Cook Book
- Misc tools used
- Actual tub they used
- Saddle used by Frank and Harold
- Richard Nixon shared this upstairs bedroom with his brothers Arthur, Harold, and Donald. Safety codes prohibit opening the room to the public.
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Frank Nixon built this modest farmhouse in 1912 on his family's nine-acre Yorba Linda citrus ranch. The family lived there until 1922, selling the home and the property and moving to nearby Whittier, California to open a grocery market
- Facing the reflecting pool
