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Presidents and First Ladies Trivia
07-05-2015, 10:49 PM (This post was last modified: 07-05-2015 10:52 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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...while I was very disappointed by the "real" size of Monet's Water Lilies at the MoMA! I had always imagined the painting to be much bigger! (Well, in this regard, not much can beat Rembrandt's "Night Watch", I assume...)
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07-09-2015, 04:31 AM
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What is the name of this First Lady?

[Image: firstlady1000.jpg]
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07-09-2015, 06:02 AM
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Mrs. Taft?
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07-09-2015, 07:32 AM
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Good try, Eva, but it's not Mrs. Taft.
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07-09-2015, 08:41 AM
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I've never seen this particular photo, but it shows a very young lady, in my estimation. I'll guess an early picture of Frances Folsom Cleveland, I believe the youngest First Lady on record??
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07-09-2015, 08:56 AM
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Another good try, Laurie, but it's not she.
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07-09-2015, 01:21 PM
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Young Edith Roosevelt?
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07-09-2015, 02:19 PM
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I am sorry, Eva, but it is not she either.
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07-10-2015, 02:50 AM
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Ok, coloring cheeks according to this article dates farther back than I thought:

"Tinting an image was popular early on in the history of antique images, especially in the early 1860s. The most common type of tinting was a pinking of the cheeks to give the face a little healthy color. You will see pink cheeks on ambrotypes, cdvs, and tintypes."

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Pink-Cheeks-Tint...086/g.html

So one might have to look for an earlier First Lady. The lady in the photo looks 20 or younger.

Mary McElroy (born in 1841)?
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07-10-2015, 04:02 AM
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Great research, Eva! But it's not Mary McElroy.

Hint #1: Here is an image of this First Lady when she was quite young:

[Image: firstlady1001.jpg]
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07-10-2015, 05:12 AM
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Ellen Arthur? (But she died before becoming a First Lady.)
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07-10-2015, 06:31 AM
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That is another great guess, Eva, but it is not she.
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07-10-2015, 08:48 AM
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Mrs. McKinley?
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07-10-2015, 08:55 AM
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That's it, Laurie! Kudos!

There are numerous photos of Ida McKinley here.

Eva, you are a winner, too, for trying so hard. Both of you ladies win very best wishes for a wonderful weekend.
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07-10-2015, 09:21 AM (This post was last modified: 07-10-2015 09:21 AM by Gene C.)
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Congratualtions Laurie.
I Googled Ida McKinley, but I didn't see a good rememblence in any of her photo's I found.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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