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  • Presidents of the United States

    Presidents of the United States

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    Image of the goddess Columbia wearing a draped American flag with staff in hand flanked by bald eagle and Union shield with a steam ship and the United States Capitol building in background; ornate frame made up of portraits of the presidents of the United States from 1789-1861: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William H. Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and Abraham Lincoln; key with last names and dates in office for each president at bottom center.

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  • The presidents of the United States

    The presidents of the United States

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    Image of a series of portraits of the presidents of the United States from 1789 to 1857, each captioned with their state and the years of their presidency: James Monroe, James Madison, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William H. Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, and Franklin Pierce.

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  • The presidents of the United States

    The presidents of the United States

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    Image of a series of portraits of United States presidents from 1789-1921: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Warren G. Harding; vignettes of Yosemite Valley in California, the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York; the White House in Washington, D.C., and St. John's River in Florida interspersed with portraits; bald eagle, Union shield, allegorical figures of women representing liberty (Columbia) and justice, and American flags frame portraits and vignettes.

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  • Our presidents. 1789-1881

    Our presidents. 1789-1881

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    Image of a group portrait of the presidents of the United States from 1789-1881, seated or standing all together in a room with desk and table; painting of military officers on horseback and view of the United States Capitol building outside window in background; (left to right, according to key in bottom margin) James Madison, James Monroe, Martin Van Buren, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Pierce, George Washington, Zachary Taylor, John Tyler, William H. Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Chester A. Arthur, James Buchanan, John Adams, James A. Garfield, Andrew Johnson, Millard Fillmore, John Quincy Adams, and Rutherford B. Hayes.

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  • Crotzer’s Centennial and Journal of the Exposition. Philadelphia, February, 1876. Vol. III. No. 11

    Crotzer’s Centennial and Journal of the Exposition. Philadelphia, February, 1876. Vol. III. No. 11

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    Image of the specialty newspaper Crotzer's Centennial, which contains coverage of the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; contrasting vignettes of Revolutionary War soldiers in 1776 and a peaceful and prosperous landscape in 1876 at top center on page 1; portraits of George Washington and his wife Martha Washington in oval frames and the signing of the Declaration of Independence on page 1; images of the exhibition buildings in Fairmount Park on page 5.

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  • James K. Polk. Eleventh president of the United States

    James K. Polk. Eleventh president of the United States

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    Image of a portrait of United States President James K. Polk seated in a chair; United States Capitol outside window in background at left.

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