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Inauguration of the President of the United States at Washington – Vintage Print

Inauguration of the President of the United States at Washington — historic image
Inauguration of the President of the United States at Washington. Historic image from the U.S. Capitol collection.

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Step back in time with Inauguration of the President of the United States at Washington, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Inauguration of the President of the United States at Washington

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The scene shows the swearing-in of a United States president at the Capitol in Washington, a ceremony that by the nineteenth century had settled onto the building's east front. Andrew Jackson's 1829 inauguration is often cited as the first held on that portico, and later ceremonies drew large crowds to the grounds below. This view captures a tradition that shaped how Americans watched the peaceful transfer of executive power.

Original scan2,004 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference1898 1709u

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