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Presidents - Before (Poster) This image shows an 1881 accordion-style folding booklet titled "Steel Plate Portraits of Presidents of the United States with Fac-Simile Autographs." Published by Ralph Trautman in New York, the rare portfolio features fine steel-plate engraved portraits of early U.S. presidents mounted on alternating pastel-colored card stock. Each portrait panel features a facsimile of that specific president's signature printed underneath the engraving.Visible in this specific section of the fold-out are several mid-to-late 19th-century presidents arranged chronologically:Franklin Pierce (14th President)James Buchanan (15th President) Abraham Lincoln (16th President) Andrew Johnson (17th President) Ulysses S. Grant (18th President) Rutherford B. Hayes (19th President) James A. Garfield (20th President) Chester A. Arthur (21st President)