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McKinley's First Inaugural Dinner

McKinley's First Inaugural Dinner

A special dining room was reserved in the Pension Building for President McKinley and his party in 1901. Without a private room, the sheet number of people wishing to greet the new president would have made eating a meal impossible.

Photographer
George Prince
Date of Work
March 4, 1897
Medium
Photograph
Credit
Library of Congress