Keywords: Abraham lincoln inauguration 1861.jpg Photograph Inauguration of Mr Lincoln March 4 1861 en Photograph shows participants and crowd at the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln at the U S Capitol Washington D C Lincoln is standing under the wood canopy at the front midway between the left and center posts His face is in shadow but the white shirt front is visible Source Ostendorf p 87 A distant photograph from a special platform by an unknown photographer in front of the Capitol Washington D C afternoon of March 4 1861 'A small camera was directly in front of Mr Lincoln ' reported a newspaper 'another at a distance of a hundred yards and a third of huge dimensions on the right The three photographers present had plenty of time to take pictures yet only the distant views have survived Source Ostendorf p 86-87 1 negative glass ; 5 x 7 in or smaller loc-image ppmsca 07636 http //www loc gov/pictures/item/00652332/ http //www americaslibrary gov/cgi-bin/page cgi/jb/civil/lincoln2_3 Institution Library of Congress Washington D C 1861 accession number LC-DIG-ppmsca-07636 digital file from original LC-USZ62-48090 b w film copy neg Call Number LOT 12251 p 59 P P Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication <gallery> File Inauguration-of-Mr-Lincoln tif tif </gallery> PD-old Abraham Lincoln 1861 presidential inauguration Inaugurations at the United States Capitol |