Photographs of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration and Inaugural Events
Photographs from the 2009 Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2009, including the Obama for America Staff Ball for staff members of President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign on January 22.
There are photographs from the Inauguration, Luncheon, Parade, Neighborhood Inaugural Ball, Obama Home State Inaugural Ball, Commander-in-Chief Inaugural Ball, Youth Inaugural Ball, Biden Home State Inaugural Ball, Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball, Western and Southwestern Regional Inaugural Ball, Midwest Regional Inaugural Ball, Southern Inaugural Ball, and Eastern Inaugural Ball.
5,033 assets
- Photographs
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) instance of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Obama administration staff. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program, such as the White House Photo System.
The photographs are a subseries of a larger series, which includes all photographs taken by White House photographers during the Obama administration. This subseries is arranged chronologically by the photo identifier (P number), which is formatted as PMMDDYYXX-####:
- P (for Presidential photographs)
- MMDDYY (Date of image capture)
- XX (Photographer’s initials)
- [dash]
- Frame number
Electronic Records
2009 Inauguration contains 4,841 photos, of which 4048 are released in full, 17 are withheld in part, and 776 are withheld in full.
January 22 Ball contains 192 photos, of which 192 are released in full.
Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.
Audiovisual materials in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).
Staff Archivists, 2025.