"The Merry Bootblacks, Inauguration, Washington, DC"

B. W. Kilburn, 1889

This is a photograph of a crowd scene in front of an architectural structure. The image shows a large group of individuals gathered on a cobblestone street. Behind them is a metal fence and a building with arched… · description from the collection

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Artist: B. W. Kilburn ¹
Date: 1889 ¹
Medium: stereoscopic albumen silver prints ¹
Original: 11,728 × 5,971 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

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