Lincoln at his inauguration (?)

[Robert Gray]

March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as president. Does this image show him seated before his address? I believe his head is visible just above the top rail of the platform on the left. Image: Library of Congress

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

You know, I think you're absolutely right? A ton of sites focus on images of his second- the whole Booth, shock-horror thing and miss this one. There's a very good Leslie's depiction ( I'll have to track it down at the source since that's public access- apparently using the image someone copied FROM the public access copy is verboten.... ) of that day. Lincoln is standing- he's right there. I'll also have to look up which artist although it probably doesn't matter. They were the ' photo journalists ' of the era and were awfully good with some details.

 

[Yankeedave]

It's like a picture of sasquatch.

 

[19thOhio]

In crowds like this, how could the audience hear the speaker?
(without the PA systems we have today?)

 

[Graysi]

This was an early albumin photo, right? I can't imagine a dag of so many people being so clear...