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Nixon Inaugural Ball

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Presidential inaugurals have a cherished history at the Smithsonian. On March 6, 1865, Lincoln's second inaugural ball was held at the U.S. Patent Office, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery (currently on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball) The inaugural ball of President Garfield, March 4, 1881, was also the first public event held in the newly built U. S. National Museum, now known as the Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building (pictured in this set). The Smithsonian’s involvement with inaugural events is a tradition that continues today, with its museums serving as the sites for numerous balls, celebrations, and exhibitions.

This photo set includes historic inaugural photos from the Smithsonian Institution Archives and photos of contemporary inaugurations by Smithsonian staff photographers who continue to document the events.

To see more historic photos of presidential inaugural events at the Smithsonian, as well as historic photos of the First Ladies Gowns Collection, visit the SI Archives online exhibition.

If you plan on visiting Washington D.C. during the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, many presidential and inaugural related exhibits will be on view at the Smithsonian. Click here for a listing of SI inaugural festivities.

To learn more about the Smithsonian and photography, visit THE BIGGER PICTURE.

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items are from between 15 Jan 1881 & 15 Jan 2009.

1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, at Capitol, Swearing In by Smithsonian Institution
1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Inaugural: Quayle Swearing-In by Smithsonian Institution
1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, Capitol, Swearing In by Smithsonian Institution
1989 Presidential Inaugration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, at Lincoln Memorial by Smithsonian Institution
1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, at Lincoln Memorial by Smithsonian Institution
1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, at Lincoln Memorial by Smithsonian Institution
1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, at Lincoln Memorial by Smithsonian Institution
1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, at Lincoln Memorial by Smithsonian Institution
1989 Presidential Inauguration, George H. W. Bush, Opening Ceremonies, at Lincoln Memorial by Smithsonian Institution
1985 Inaugural Ball: President and Mrs. Reagan in National Air and Space Museum by Smithsonian Institution
1985 Inaugural Ball for President Reagan in National Air and Space Museum by Smithsonian Institution
1985 Inaugural Ball: President and Mrs. Reagan in National Air and Space Museum by Smithsonian Institution
1985 Inaugural Ball: President and Mrs. Reagan Dancing in National Air and Space Museum by Smithsonian Institution
Vice-President and Mrs. Bush at 1985 Inaugural Ball, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum by Smithsonian Institution
1981 Inauguration Ball: President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan by Smithsonian Institution
Vice-President and Mrs. Bush at 1985 Inaugural Ball, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum by Smithsonian Institution
Aerial Photography, William J. Clinton Presidential Inauguration, aerial of Mall, (depicting Quad, Castle, NMNH) by Smithsonian Institution
Aerial Photography, William J. Clinton Presidential Inauguration, aerial Mall, (depicting area of NASM towards Washington Monument), TENTS by Smithsonian Institution
Aerial Photography, William J. Clinton Presidential Inauguration, aerial of White House by Smithsonian Institution
Aerial Photography, William J. Clinton Presidential Inauguration, aerial of White House by Smithsonian Institution
1993 Clinton Inauguration by Smithsonian Institution
1997 Clinton Inauguration by Smithsonian Institution
1993 Clinton Inauguration by Smithsonian Institution
1993 Clinton Inauguration - Swearing-in Ceremony by Smithsonian Institution
1993 Clinton Inauguration by Smithsonian Institution
1997 Clinton Inauguration - Swearing-in Ceremony by Smithsonian Institution
1997 Clinton Inaugural Ball: Vice President and Mrs. Gore Dancing by Smithsonian Institution
1997 Clinton Inaugural Ball by Smithsonian Institution
Nixon Inaugural Ball by Smithsonian Institution
First Ladies Gowns, Jacqueline Kennedy by Smithsonian Institution
First Ladies Gowns, Julia Dent Grant by Smithsonian Institution
U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball by Smithsonian Institution
U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball by Smithsonian Institution
Statue of America in the U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball by Smithsonian Institution
U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball by Smithsonian Institution
U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball by Smithsonian Institution
U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball by Smithsonian Institution

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