Inaugurations

Invitation to the Inaugural Ball celebrating the Inauguration of President James Buchanan and Vice President John Breckenridge (sic), 1857. 7 x 10 1/4". There is a crease below JNO. BRECKENRIDGE, but this rare invitation is in otherwise bright, excellent condition, and issued to a "Miss Mary Eliza Clements". Beautifully printed by Toppan Carpenter & Co. Philadelphia, on coated "enamel" stock. Learn More

Ribbon with tipped-in jugate albumen photos from the Inauguration of President Grover Cleveland and Vice President Thomas Hendricks, 1885. 2 1/4 x 5". In generally excellent condition with faint rubbing on the gold inscriptions and graphics. TORSCH & LEE BALTIMORE, MD. paper sticker affixed on the reverse. Learn More

Invitation / admission ticket to a satellite Inaugural celebrating the Inauguration of President Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885. 2 1/4 x 3 3/4". Nicely printed on coated card stock, in excellent condition. Learn More

Ribbon badge from the Inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison and Vice President Levi Morton, 1889. 1 1/2 x 3 1/2". The suspended medal has some rim damage, and there is aging and damage to the ribbon. Learn More

Booklet souvenir from the Inaugural Ball celebrating the Inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison and Vice President Levi Morton, 1889. The cover has embossed gold lettering, the back cover has attractive embossed patriotic graphics. The interior pages are of thick paper and feature a patriotic graphic with a list of members of the EXCECUTIVE (Inaugural) COMMITTEE, followed by a portrait with a facsimile signature of Benjamin Harrison, and a portrait with a facsimile signature of Levi Morton. The program is in excellent condition and comes with its original envelope which has light discoloration. Learn More

Bottle celebrating the election and Inauguration of President Grover Cleveland and Vice President Adlai Stevenson, 1893. 5 1/2" tall, in excellent condition. There are scattered "straw marks" imperfections, as made. Catchy slogan with jugate busts of Cleveland & Stevenson on one side and a Democratic rooster on the other. Scarce brown version (vs. the more common aqua variety). Learn More

Ribbon badge celebrating the election and Inauguration of President William McKinley and Vice President Garret Hobart, 1897. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4" overall. A brass shell featuring conjoined busts of McKinley and Hobart is crimped around a cardboard disk tallying the 1896 ELECTORAL VOTE. Suspended from a brass shell badge by a patriotic ribbon. One minor scuff on the obverse near the edge at 3:00 and another on McKinley's shoulder, otherwise excellent condition, and quite scarce. Learn More

Terrific ribbon badge worn by a member of the Cleveland, Ohio Tippecanoe Club celebrating the Inauguration of President William McKinley, 1897. 2 1/2 x 9" overall, in excellent condition. Learn More

Ribbon from the Inauguration of President William McKinley, 1901. 2 x 6", in excellent condition. Maker is identified on the back as S.N. MEYER MFR. WASHINGTON, D.C. Learn More

Terrific ribbon badge celebrating the Inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Charles Fairbanks, 1905. 1 3/4" jugate celluloid disk enclosed in a brass bezel is suspended from a celluloid/brass PENNSYLVANIA badge by a patriotic ribbon. Excellent condition throughout. Learn More

Terrific ribbon badge celebrating the Inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt, 1905. Rare 3 1/2" sepia cello suspended from a celluloid/brass badge by a woven flag ribbon. Excellent condition throughout. Learn More

Packet from the 1909 Inauguration of President William Howard Taft and Vice President James Sherman. Includes PROGRAM, 6 3/8 x 9 3/4" invitation complete with portraits of Taft and Sherman, and original envelope. The envelope has some very minor smudges, the remainder are in near mint condition. Learn More

Envelope or cover celebrating the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman, 1949. 3 5/8 x 6 1/2". Two tiny pinholes above the January 20, 1949 postmark, otherwise excellent condition. Learn More

Official bronze medal struck for the Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953.2 3/4" diameter, in excellent condition. Struck by Medallic Art Co., N.Y. Learn More

Invitation to the Inaugural Ball celebrating the Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon, 1953. 7 x 9 3/4". In excellent condition with gold embossed Inaugural logo at top, and comes with its original envelope. Learn More

Official bronze medal struck for the Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter, 1977. 2 3/4" diameter, in excellent condition, struck by the Franklin Mint. Learn More

Invitation to the 1977 Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter, with original envelope addressed to "The Reverand Jim Jones" at the People's Temple located at 1851 Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Envelope is 8 3/4 x 11". There was a direct connection between Jones, vice presidential candidate Walter Mondale, and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Jones met privately with Mondale on his campaign plane days before the 1976 election. Rosalynn Carter personally met with Jones on multiple occasions. Jim Jones would die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, ten months after Carter's Inauguration. Minor smudging on the envelope. Learn More

Embossed tin license plate from the 1977 Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter. 6 x 12". Scarce and in excellent condition. Learn More

Embossed tin license plate from the 1981 Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan. 6 x 12". Scarce and in excellent condition. Learn More

Embossed tin license plate from Illinois celebrating the Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush, 1985. 6 x 12". Scarce and in excellent condition. Learn More

.999 fine silver medal (.87 troy ounces) celebrating the Inauguration of Vice President Gerald Ford, December 6,m 1973. 38 mm. and struck with a brilliant, lustrous PROOF finish. Learn More

Official bronze medal celebrating the Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953. 70 mm. Very light rubbing on the highest points of Eisenhower's bust. Marked around the edge MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. Learn More

Official bronze medal celebrating the Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice president Richard Nixon, 1957. 70 mm., in excellent condition, with an inscription around the edge: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. Learn More

Felt pennant celebrating the Inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937. 28" long (not including the tassels), in excellent condition. Learn More