George Washington, taking the oath as the first president of the United States of America, April 30th, 1789 – Vintage Print
(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.)
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Step back in time with George Washington, taking the oath as the first president of the United States of America, April 30th, 1789, a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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George Washington, taking the oath as the first president of the United States of America, April 30th, 1789
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Federal Hall in New York City, where Washington took the oath on April 30, 1789, was the setting for this scene. Chancellor Robert R. Livingston administered the oath on the building's balcony before a crowd filling Wall Street. The print carries a 1899 copyright date, so it was made more than a century after the event, as a later commemorative view of a moment that had already become a national founding image. Its lower right corner bears a pencil inscription, "E.E. Eckstein," though the record notes that the catalog details come from an unverified shelflist card.
| Created / published | c1899 Apr. 10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | A11376 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Inscribed in pencil E.E. Eckstein" lower right." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,049 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110207 |
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