by Ben Crane

Images of the first 20 United States Presidents were presented in a set of 20 stock cards printed by Bufford, Boston & New York. Each card gives the date and place of birth, years in office, and date and age at death. Virginia was the birthplace of 7 of these presidents; followed by North Carolina and Ohio at 3 each; Massachusetts and New York at 2 each; and Kentucky, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania at 1 each.

Shown below are thumbnail images of a set of these cards imprinted for Jno. W. Gray & Co., Asylum Street, Hartford, CT, a dealer in India Rubber Goods. Click on a thumbnail for a larger view, or click here to begin viewing the cards in slide show fashion.

George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Filmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant RRutherford B. Hayes JJames A. Garfield