Presidents:First Ladies Gallery

Thomas Nast cartoon about government corruption, 1877

To the victor belong the spoils, a satire on civil service, showing Andrew Jackson statue riding a hog, 1877.
Hand-colored woodcut of a Thomas Nast cartoon

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George Washington inaugurated as the first US President, New York City, 1789.
Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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President William McKinley at his desk, from a photograph taken June 7, 1898.
Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

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