Lucretia Rudolph Garfield

This illustrated portrait of First Lady Lucretia Rudolph Garfield was created by the Consolidated Cigar Company. Her portrait is one in a series of printed tobacco cards featuring the images of several first ladies. After the assassination of her husband, President James Garfield, in 1881, Mrs. Garfield left the White House to return to their home in Ohio. She would eventually add a wing to the home to house his presidential papers.