Presidents:First Ladies Gallery

Police Commissioner Roosevelt and NY Governor Cleveland, 1884

NY Governor Grover Cleveland and Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt signing reform bill, 1884.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Abe Lincoln as a boy reading by firelight in his family's cabin.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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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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