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English: Photograph of James Buchanan's 1857 presidential inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. First ever such photograph. More information from Library of Congress
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current 19:36, 27 July 2016 Thumbnail for version as of 19:36, 27 July 20163,889 × 3,361 (1.02 MB)HerrAdamsRemoved border by cropping 3 % horizontally and 4 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
14:14, 24 January 2009 Thumbnail for version as of 14:14, 24 January 20094,030 × 3,487 (1.27 MB)Joshdboz{{Information |Description=First picture of a presidential inauguration, this being James Buchanan in 1857. |Source=From the [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pin_mssmisc&fileName=pin/pin2003/pin2003page.db&recNum=0 Library of Congress] (see [h
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