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First Spouses of the United States: Selected Images

Portrait Gallery: Jackson - Pierce

See below for selected portraits of first spouses shown in alphabetical order, from Jackson through Pierce. 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.

Rachel Jackson

Rachel Jackson, bust portrait, facing slightly right — Rachel Jackson. By J.C. Buttre. c1883. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25773 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Eliza McCardle Johnson

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right — Eliza McCardle Johnson. By J.C. Buttre. 1883. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25821 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

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Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson, bust portrait, facing front — Lady Bird Johnson. Circa 1962. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25816A (b&w film copy neg.)

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Jacqueline Kennedy

Half-length portrait, seated on couch, facing front — Jacqueline Kennedy. By Mark Shaw. 1961. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-21796 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Mary Todd Lincoln

Full-length portrait, standing, facing left, near table — Mary Todd Lincoln. Between 1869 and 1865. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-BH-8201-4023 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Dolley Madison

Three-quarter length portrait, facing right, holding fan — Dolley Madison. From an original painting by Gilbert Stuart. Between 1804-1855. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-68175 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Ida Saxton McKinley

Full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left — Ida Saxton McKinley. c1900. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-10084 (digital file from original photograph)

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Elizabeth Kortright Monroe

Bust-length portrait, facing right — Elizabeth Kortright Monroe. From a painting by John Vanderlyn. Made between 1800 and 1820. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25771 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Pat Nixon

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front — Pat Nixon. Circa 1969. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-35648 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Michelle Obama

Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front — Michelle Obama. By Joyce N. Boghosian. 2009. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00357 (original digital file)

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Jane Means Pierce

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left — Jane Means Pierce. By J.C. Buttre. c1886. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25787 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

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