Free to Use and Reuse: U.S. Presidential Inaugurations
This set offers handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.
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George Washington, April 30, 1789, 1st Inaugural Address -
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to President pro tempore of the Senate, March 2, 1801, letterpress in Jefferson's hand. -
Chief Justice John Marshall administering oath of office to Andrew Jackson on east portico of U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1829 -
Inauguration ball. The honor of company is requested at the inauguration ball at the New Washington assembly rooms. 1841 -
The inauguration of Gen. Zachary Taylor--Dedicated to the Various Rough and Ready Clubs throughout the Union. -
The President leaving Willard's Hotel, Washington -
Inauguration of James Buchanan, President of the United States, at east front of U. S. Capitol, March 4, 1857. -
Crowd at Lincoln's second inauguration, March 4, 1865 -
Andrew Johnson taking oath of office in small parlor of Kirkwood House [Hotel], Washington, April 15, 1865 -
President Ulysses S. Grant delivering his inaugural address on east portico of U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1873 -
The inauguration - night scene near the White House / Drawn by T. de Thulstrup and Charles Graham. -
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller administering oath of office to Benjamin Harrison on east portico of U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1889 -
The new President delivering his inaugural address, March 4, 1897 -
Theodore Roosevelt in carriage on Pennsylvania Avenue on way to Capitol, March 4, 1905 -
Photographers at President Taft's inauguration, March 4, 1909 -
President-elect Wilson and President Taft, standing side by side, laughing, at White House, prior to Wilson's inauguration, March 4, 1913 -
President Harding delivering his inaugural address on east portico of U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1921 -
President Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge and Senator Curtis on the way to the Capitol -
The inaugural charity ball -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover in convertible automobile on way to U.S. Capitol for Roosevelt's inauguration, March 4, 1933 -
Inauguration of Harry S. Truman, 1949 -
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone administering oath of office to Harry S. Truman in Cabinet Room of White House, April 12, 1945 -
Dwight D. Eisenhower taking oath of office in private ceremony in East Room of the White House -
President-elect John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Father Richard J. Casey, pastor, after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Church prior to inauguration. -
Crowd on Capitol grounds, attending inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson -
Chief Justice Earl Warren administering oath of office to Richard M. Nixon on east portico of U.S. Capitol, January 20, 1969. -
President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter dancing at an inaugural ball, Washington, D.C. -
President Reagan's inaugural luncheon in U.S. Capitol, January 20, 1981. -
Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering oath of office to George Bush on west front of U.S. Capitol, January 20, 1989. -
President Bill Clinton delivering his inaugural address on west front of U.S. Capitol, January 20, 1997. -
2009 Inaugural Parade. Michelle and Barack Obama, Joe and Jill Biden watch parade in front of White House.