• Lucy Webb Hayes
    Consolidated Cigar Company
    portrait
    This illustrated portrait of First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes was featured on a series of tobacco cards by the Consolidated Cigar Company around 1889-1893. Mrs. Hayes, the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes, was the first first lady to graduate from college, earning her degree from Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College in 1850. She was an abolitionist and supporter of the temperance movement. Together, she and President Hayes raised five children.
  • Hayes Family and Friends in the Library
    Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
    First Family
    Yellow Oval Room
    This engraving shows President Rutherford B. Hayes, First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes, two of their children (likely Frances and Scott), and their friends enjoying an evening of entertainment in their library. This room is now the Yellow Oval Room, located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion. At the piano is Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz. The engraving, possibly tinted by P. Hall Baglie, was based on a sketch by Georgie A. Davis and appeared in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper."
  • Lucy Webb Hayes
    Harper's Weekly
    portrait
    This etching of First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes was done for "Harper's Weekly" from a photograph by James Landy, a photographer professionally known as J. Landy. Mrs. Hayes, the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes, was the first first lady to graduate from college, earning her degree from Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College in 1850. She was an abolitionist and supporter of the temperance movement. Together, she and President Hayes raised five children.
  • Rutherford and Lucy Hayes
    Unknown
    portrait
    This portrait photograph shows President Rutherford B. Hayes and First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes. President Hayes served as the 19th President of the United States from 1877-1881. Prior to his presidency, Hayes twice served as governor of Ohio and represented the state's 2nd district in the House of Representatives. Mrs. Hayes was the first first lady to graduate from college, earning her degree from Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College in 1850. She was an abolitionist and a supporter of the temperance movement.
  • The Confidant: First Lady Lucy Hayes and Her Maid, 1879
    Peter Waddell
    First Family
    pets
    This modern painting of First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes and her personal maid, Mary, was commissioned by the White House Historical Association and painted by artist Peter Waddell. The painting captures Mary assisting Mrs. Hayes in a bedroom in the White House. Mary was the daughter of Winnie Monroe, who also worked in the White House as a nurse and cook. Both Mary and Winnie were close members of the Hayes household staff, moving with the family from their home state of Ohio to Washington, D.C. upon President Rutherford B. Hayes' election. On the purple chair beside the two women rests Siam, the Hayes children's pet Siamese cat. Siam was sent to the children by the American consul in Bangkok and was the first Siamese cat in the United States. ***Interior use only for publications***
  • Lucy Webb Hayes
    Daniel Huntington
    official portrait
    This oil on canvas portrait of First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes was done by Daniel Huntington. In the beginning of Huntington's career, he painted landscapes in the tradition of the Hudson River School, but later predominately produced portraits. Mrs. Hayes was well-educated and graduated with honors from Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College in 1850. During the Civil War, she worked in several hospitals tending to the wounded, including her husband. She was an abolitionist and a staunch supporter of the temperance movement. As First Lady, she instituted the first White House Easter Egg Roll. Her husband served as president from March 4, 1877 until March 8, 1881.
  • Washington, D.C. - Social Life at the National Capital - A reception by Mrs. President Hayes
    John N. Hyde
    Blue Room
    State Floor
    reception
    This wood engraving of the Blue Room was published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on April 14, 1877 during the early days of the Rutherford B. Hayes administration. The engraving shows First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes hosting a reception in the Blue Room. The Blue Room is located on the State Floor of the Executive Mansion and is famous for its oval shape, central location, and views of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial. John N. Hyde, who frequently worked for the Newspaper, is the possible artist.