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First Spouses of the United States: Selected Images

Portrait Gallery: Polk - Wilson

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

Sarah Childress Polk

Half-length portrait, facing front — Sarah Childress Polk. By N. Currier. 1846. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-09495 (digital file from original item)

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Nancy Reagan

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front — Nancy Reagan. 1981. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-00126 (digital file from original item)

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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Three-quarters length portrait, seated at desk, facing forward — Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. 1900-1910. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-36308 (digital file from original item)

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right — Eleanor Roosevelt. c1933. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-108091 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Helen Herron Taft

Half-length portrait, seated, facing front — Helen Herron Taft. c1909. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25804 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

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Bess Wallace Truman

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left — Bess Wallace Truman. 1944-1953. Harris & Ewing Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-6240 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

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Melania Trump

Half-length portrait, arms crossed, facing front — Melania Trump. By Benoît Mahaux, Regine Mahaux, and Wim Van de Genachte. 2017. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00610 (original digital file)

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Julia Gardiner Tyler

Head-and-shoulder portrait, facing front — Julia Gardiner Tyler. 1850-1860. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25781 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Letitia Christian Tyler

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front — Letitia Christian Tyler. 1830-1840. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25779C (b&w film copy neg.)

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Hannah Hoes Van Buren

Hannah Hoes Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing left — Hannah Hoes Van Buren. By J.C. Buttre. 1890-1920. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25776 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

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Martha Washington

Martha Washington, bust portrait, facing slightly right — Martha Washington. By L. Prang, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. c1864. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-07901 (digital file from original item)

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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson

Edith Bolling Galt, bust portrait, facing front — Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. 1915-1921. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25808 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

Woodrow Wilson and Edith Wilson, riding in backseat of a carriage to second inauguration, March 5th, 1917 — Edith Bolling Galt Wilson with Woodrow Wilson on Carriage to Wilson's Second Inauguration. 1917. National Photo Company Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-22737 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Ellen Axson Wilson

Head and shoulders-length portrait, seated, facing right — Ellen Axson Wilson. c1912. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25806 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

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