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First Spouses of the United States: Selected Images

Portrait Gallery: Adams - Coolidge

See below for selected portraits of first spouses shown in alphabetical order, from Adams through Coolidge. For full caption/reproduction information, or to download an uncompressed tiff or higher resolution JPG image, click on the picture or caption. (These will open on a new tab.) Please note that dates listed here may refer to the date a print was made, which may be after the subject's life dates.

Abigail Adams

Half-length portrait, seated, facing right — Abigail Adams. From a painting by Gilbert Stuart. 1830-1860. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-10016 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Louisa Catherine Adams

Half-length portrait, seated, facing right — Louisa Catherine Adams. By G.F. Storm, after a painting by C.R. Leslie. 1834-1860. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-14438 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

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Ellen Herndon Arthur

Half-length portrait, facing left — Ellen Herndon Arthur. Circa 1857 and 1870. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25794 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

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Jill Biden

Half-length portrait, facing front — Jill Biden, official portrait. By Ralph Alswang. 2009. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00606 (original digital file)

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Barbara Bush

Head-and-shoulders portrait facing right — Barbara Bush. By David Valdez. 1989. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-1701 (color film copy transparency)

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Laura Bush

Half-length portrait, seated in chair, facing slightly right — Laura Bush, official portrait. By Krisanne Johnson. 2005. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00372 (original digital file)

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Rosalynn Carter

Half-length portrait, standing, facing front — Rosalynn Carter. 1977. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZCN4-117 (color film copy neg.)

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Frances Folsom Cleveland

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right — Frances Folsom Cleveland. By George Prince. Circa 1886. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25797 (b&w film copy neg.)

Print depicting marriage of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom — Frances Folsom Cleveland Marriage to Grover Cleveland. Drawn by T. de Thulstrup. 1886. Wood engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-5946 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton, bust portrait, facing slightly right — Hillary Clinton. 1992. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-00125 (digital file from original item)

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Grace Goodhue Coolidge

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right — Grace Goodhue Coolidge. 1924. Harris & Ewing Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25810 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

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