There were surgical scars on J Edgar Hoover’s face and metal foreign objects in his eyes in this photo.

Additionally, J Edgar Hoover’s face was heavily covered with ink or paint possibly to cover the surgery scars.

— TVJ — 3/14/22 —

“Young J. Edgar Hoover

Director J. Edgar Hoover in the mid-1920s.”

J Edgar Hoover’s face through the Carmine Photoshop filter.

https://www.fbi.gov/image-repository/young-hoover.jpeg/view

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https://www.fbi.gov/history/directors/j-edgar-hoover

https://counter-currents.com/2021/12/blacks-in-tennessee-williams-works/

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