Inauguration of President Lincoln. U.S. Capitol dome under construction in background.

Made by

Unknown photographer (print on salted paper)

Date

1861-03-04

Held by

Library of Congress

Catalog number

ppmsca.87879

Rights

Public domain: 1861 photograph (PD-old), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, ppmsca.87879. Rights as recorded on the Wikimedia Commons copy of LOC ppmsca.87879; loc.gov refuses automated reads from this host, so the LOC rights line was not read directly.

Credit line

Photo: Library of Congress.

Catalog record

loc.gov

Description

The unfinished Capitol dome, ringed by scaffolding and topped by a crane, rises over a crowd gathered at the east front on inauguration day.

Used on

• From the First Parties to the Civil War, 1790s to 1865

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