President-elect Jefferson expresses his intention of taking the presidential oath of office on March 4, 1801. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the President pro tempore of the Senate, March 2, 1801, letterpress More
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney administering the oath of office to Franklin Pierce on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol. Illus. in: The illustrated news, v. 1, March 12, 1853, p. 168-169. Reference copy in PRE More
Forms part of Montgomery C. Meigs Papers; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021 For Wendy Wolff, Editor, Historical Office of the Senate, 4-6750. Isaac Pittman Compendium o More
Forms part of Montgomery C. Meigs Papers; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021 First photograph of an inauguration at the Capitol, which was still under construction in 18 More
Reference copy in PRES FILE - Grant, Ulysses Inauguration, 1869. Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase holding Bible with hand raised, and Grant with hand on Bible, surrounded by crowd of men. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 36, no. 911 (1873 March 15), p. 1. Ref More
Shows Grant walking through a crowd in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 36, 1873 March 15, p. 5. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Grant, Ulysses S. Inauguration, 1873.
Justice John R. Brady, Justice of New York State Supreme Court, administering the oath of office to Vice President Arthur in a private ceremony in Arthur's residence at 123 Lexington Avenue, New York. Illus. in More
Forms part of Grover Cleveland papers, 1743-1945; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008094 Bound in a large, fragile, brown leather volume, this clipping describes the inaugur More
Forms part of Grover Cleveland papers, 1743-1945; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008094 This single column clipping describes the inauguration morning ceremonies, the firew More
Shows crowd entering White House through a door and exiting out an East Room window over a temporary bridge. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 68, 1889 March 16, p. 96. Reference copy in PRES More
Photograph by Pictorial News Company. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Forms part of Waddy B. Wood papers, 1885-1941; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007106 Walker Vick asks Waddy Wood for copies of all letterheads and circulars used in the pre More
Offering practical advice, J. W. Paxton, the superintendent of street cleaning, writes to the architect, Waddy Wood, who is in charge of the erection of the inaugural stand for President Wilson in front of the More
In January 1921, two months before his inauguration, President-elect Harding sends a telegram from Marion, Ohio, discharging the Inaugural Committee, but offers his appreciation to Edward B. McLean, the committ More
Forms part of Evalyn Walsh McLean papers, 1874-1948; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013137 This is apparently an express letter from President-elect Harding to Edward B. Mc More
Copyright by National Photo Company. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 18242. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 18244. Public domain photograph related to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
File print cropped on both sides and on the bottom. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More More
Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 73980-17. Public domain photograph related to President Richard Nixon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 43173. Public domain photograph of President Jimmy Carter, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Forms part of The Thomas Jefferson Papers, 1606 to 1827; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008069 Draft [c] fragment of Inaugural Address, [ca. March 4, 1805], in Jefferson's More
A modern typescript transcription of an 1809 diary of a young woman, Sarah Ridg, who made an extended visit to Alexandria, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., in 1809. She describes: the Capitol building (before it More
Forms part of Montgomery C. Meigs Papers; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021 Montgomery Meigs, supervisory engineer of the Capitol in 1857, describes President Buchanan' More
Montgomery Meigs, supervisory engineer of the Capitol in 1857, describes John Wood's experiments with photography in anticipation of photographing President Buchanan's inauguration. Transcription, page 1557: "M More
Forms part of Montgomery C. Meigs Papers; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021 For Wendy Wolff, Editor, Historical Office of the Senate, 4-6750. Photographs of Constructio More