Online Exhibit  
 
 
 
Mr. Lincoln's Arrival

At the time of Lincoln’s first inauguration, Washington D.C. looked very different from what it looks like today.  The city was just beginning to be developed. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Aerial view of Washington D.C. when Abraham Lincoln arrived to become President of the United States.

 

View of Washington from the Street

Drawing of Lincoln on the way to his first inauguration.

 

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