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Inauguration of President Grover Cleveland

photographer John Fillis Jarvis (English, 1849 - 1931)

Date4 March 1885

Place MadeWashington, District of Columbia, United States, North America

MediumAlbumen print on card

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.009080

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryThis photograph is a memento of the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland in 1885. Isabella and her husband Jack attended the festivities in Washington, DC. After the inauguration, Isabella continued to follow the career of President Cleveland and the First Lady, Frances Folsom Cleveland, whom she met on at least one occasion. She kept this photograph in a box near her desk in the Macknight Room.

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Last Updated8/9/24

EmbARK ObjectID34764

Source ID18220