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The Dossier on J. Edgar Hoover

Timothy Noah
Posted Monday, Sept. 18, 2000, at 2:33 PM ET

Recognizing that the World Wide Web is a treasure trove of objets trouvés, Chatterbox hereby inaugurates an occasional series of links to items that defy (or, at least, don't require) commentary. Today's link is to J. Edgar Hoover's 1913 yearbook page from Central High School in Washington, D.C. Among the items of interest: His nickname was "Speed" and he opposed giving women the vote. But Chatterbox has already said too much ...

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