Crowd at Lincoln's second inauguration, March 4, 1865 (LOC)

Crowd at Lincoln's second inauguration, March 4, 1865

[Washington, D.C., 1865]

1 photographic print : albumen ; ca. 4 x 4 1/4 in.

Notes:
 Photo shows a large crowd of people waiting during President Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, which was held on a rainy day at the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C. The crowd includes African American troops who marched in the inaugural parade. In considering the Civil War that had begun in 1861 and was nearing conclusion, Lincoln ended his speech with the famous phrase: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, ... let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 200.

Title from item.
Gift of; Louis M. Rabinowitz; March 27, 1952.

Subjects:
 Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865--Inauguration, 1865.
Crowds--1860-1870.
Presidential inaugurations--1860-1870.

Format: Albumen prints--1860-1870.

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

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.02927

Call Number: LOT 5908 [item]

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  1. ★

    garww, Carla216, St Boniface's Catholic College, crossloch, and 26 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. The Library of Congress (48 months ago | reply)

    See also, 3 recently identified glass negatives of the 2nd inauguration:

    Soldiers and crowd, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.01430
    Soldiers lining up, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.00601
    Soldiers lined up, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.00601

    (Full story, Rediscovering Lincoln, www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0803/lincoln.html )

  3. Brenda Anderson (48 months ago | reply)

    I did a montage "mashup" a few months ago after I returned from a trip to DC. The base photo is from the LOC (although not yet here in The Commons) and is of the crowd at Lincoln's Second Inauguration:

  4. blairsets (48 months ago | reply)

    There is a story, that I have seen in a number of places that says that when Lincoln approached the podium to deliver the address, a shaft of light broke through the clouds illuminating the Capitol step[s like a divine spotlight.

  5. Christine Rose.., (5 months ago | reply)

    Amazing to see considering the year wonderful quality.

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