Inauguration Collection (page 3)

Railroad Project from Jerez de la Fontera to Puerto de Santa Maria, opened to traffic in 1854, engraving

The Prince of Wales inaugurating the London Steamboat Service, River Thames, London, 1905. The future King George V and the rest of the royal party can be seen disembarking onto the pier

Installation of the Lord Mayor of London at the Guildhall, City of London, 1838. Artist
Installation of the Lord Mayor of London at the Guildhall, City of London, 1838. With a crowd of dignitaries and a group of seated women in the foreground on the right

Copenhagen Fields, Islington, London, 1855. Artist: T Turner
Copenhagen Fields, Islington, London, 1855; view of the inauguration of the new Metropolitan Cattle Market, Copenhagen Fields, by Sir Francis Graham Moon, Lord Mayor, on June 13th 1855

Opening of the Panama Canal, 1916. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Opening of the Panama Canal, 1916. From America in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. B.Litt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1916]

Inaguration of Benifence, (18th century), 1920s
Inaguration of beneficence (Casa de la Beneficencia). One of the major works by Don Luis de las Casas, was the creation of the House of Charity, which still exists in the same spot as its foundation

Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, Montgomery, Alabama, 1861 (c1880). Davis was named Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by a Constitutional convention in Montgomery, Alabama

The reception of Bishop Mariano Soler, Montevideo, Uruguay, c1900s

The Inauguration of President Polk, 1845. James Knox Polk (1795-1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. From the Illustrated London News, 19 April 1845

Installation of the Lord Mayor, The Guildhall, London. Artist: H Melville
Installation of the Lord Mayor, The Guildhall, London

The inauguration of the Suez Canal, 17 November 1869, (1900). Artist: Edouard Riou
The inauguration of the Suez Canal, 17 November 1869, (1900). Crowds watch the first ships to travel through the canal which was designed by French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps

Inauguration of Louis Pasteurs statue, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th July 1904

Inauguration of railroad, Saida, Algeria, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 18th February 1900

The Inauguration of the Universal Exhibition of 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

President Faure at the inauguration ceremony of a monument in Nice, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer
President Faure at the inauguration ceremony of a monument in Nice, 1896. Felix Faure (1841-1899) was President of France from 1895 until his death

President of the Republic opening the Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st December 1902

Inauguration of President Lincoln, Washington DC, 4 March 1861. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) delivering his inaugural address as President in front of the Capitol

Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama, 1861. After announcing the secession of Mississippi from the Union (the second state to do so after South Carolina)

Opening of the Mont Cenis railway tunnel linking France and Switzerland, 1871
Opening of the Mont Cenis railway tunnel linking France and Switzerland: the inauguration train passing through, September 1871

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