Collection The First Ladies
Biographies & Portraits
The Cleveland family
The Cleveland family
This photograph of President and Mrs. Cleveland with their children was taken at their home in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1907. Left to right: Esther (age 13), Francis Grover (age 3), Mrs. Cleveland, Marion (age 11), Richard (age 9), and President Cleveland.
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