Harding Inauguration, March 4th, 1921 – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Harding Inauguration, March 4th, 1921, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Harding Inauguration, March 4th, 1921
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The long, narrow format of this gelatin silver print, nearly 45 inches wide, lets it capture the whole east front of the Capitol on March 4, 1921, when Warren G. Harding took the oath of office as the 29th president. Harding, a Republican, had won a landslide over Democrat James Cox in 1920 on a promise of "normalcy" after the First World War and the Wilson years. The studio of Harris & Ewing, a Washington firm known for documenting official Washington, made the image, and the wide view shows how many people gathered on the grounds to witness the transfer of power.
| Created / published | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print, gelatin silver, 7.5 x 45.5 in. |
| Notes | Harris and Ewing; Schutz Group Photographers |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 939 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1921 DC Harding Inauguration 1921 |
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