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Various [Portraits of First Ladies Ida McKinley and Edith Roosevelt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.2138 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: circa 1899-1909 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

One copy of a double sided printing of First Lady Ida McKinley and on the reverse side a portrait of First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Portrait of Ida McKinley was painted by Emily Drayton Taylor on April 1899. Caption below her portrait states that she suffered from epilepsy. The portrait of Edith Roosevelt on the reverse side is credited to Theobald Chartran. (same as GLC08878.2135)

McKinley, Ida Saxton, 1847-1907
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Taylor, Emily Drayton, 1860-1952
Chartran, Theobald, 1849-1907

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