Escort of Wilson to Capitol (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Escort of Wilson to Capitol

1913 March 4.

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows band playing and marching down a street in Washington D.C. to escort Woodrow Wilson to his first inauguration as president of the United States. (Source: Library staff, 2008)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11340

Call Number: LC-B2- 2500-38

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  1. macfanmd (48 months ago | reply)

    This is certainly an interesting historical photo. I'm a band director and there are some instruments in the front that I don't recognize. Looks like a sort of rotary valved trombone-like instrument with a bell that is bent upwards. Perhaps some sort of saxhorn?

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