1953 Eisenhower Nixon Inaugural Parade Ticket Grandstand Stand 13 For Sale

A wonderful piece of American presidential and Washington, D.C. history — an original admission ticket to the January 20, 1953 Inaugural Parade for President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon.

This is an actual grandstand admission ticket with a specific reserved location along Pennsylvania Avenue.

• Date: January 20, 1953
• President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Vice President: Richard Nixon
• Location: Washington, D.C.
• Stand: 13
• Section: G
• Row: 7
• Seat: 24
• Original admission price: $5.00
• Printed location: South Side Pennsylvania Ave., between 13½ & 14th Streets, N.W.
• Pictorial portraits of Eisenhower and Nixon appear on the front
• Approximate ticket dimensions: 5\" × 3½\".

IMPORTANT: The $5.00 amount printed on the ticket was the original admission price in 1953 and is NOT the selling price of this listing.

Please examine all photographs carefully. The ticket pictured is the actual ticket you will receive.

This ticket was given to me by a neighbor in the late 1990s. At the time, he told me that he and his aunt had attended the Eisenhower inauguration parade. He has since passed away, so this personal history cannot be independently documented. We are sharing it as the history that was told to us when the ticket was given to us.

The Eisenhower inaugural parade was an extraordinary event:

• Approximately 750,000 spectators watched the parade.
• The parade lasted an astonishing 4 hours and 39 minutes.
• It included 50 state and organization floats, 65 musical units, 350 horses, three elephants, an Alaskan dog team and a 280-millimeter atomic cannon.
• Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower rode together in a white Cadillac with the top down.
• Famous cowboy trick roper Montie Montana rode past the reviewing stand and famously lassoed President Eisenhower, with Eisenhower\'s permission.
• Eisenhower had a remarkable connection to an earlier inauguration: as a West Point cadet, he marched in Woodrow Wilson\'s 1913 inaugural parade.

The historical photographs in this listing show the setting and event associated with this ticket. The first photograph shows the grandstands constructed along Pennsylvania Avenue for Eisenhower\'s 1953 Inaugural Parade.

The second shows President Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower riding in the actual inaugural parade, with Vice President Richard Nixon visible in the motorcade behind them.

NOTE: These are historical reference photographs only and are NOT being sold or included in this listing.

Photographs: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. Public domain.

Archival film footage of the 1953 Eisenhower Inauguration and Inaugural Parade is available through the National Archives.

National Archives — Presidential Elections & Inaugurations

Video is provided for historical reference and is not footage of this particular ticket or its original owner.

• Ships via USPS Ground Advantage
• Ticket will be placed in a protective sleeve with sturdy cardboard support to prevent bending
• Carefully packaged in a sturdy mailer/box
• Shipping calculated based on buyer\'s location
• Ships promptly after payment is received

A fascinating piece of presidential history from Eisenhower\'s first inauguration and a wonderful collectible for enthusiasts of presidential memorabilia, political history, Washington, D.C. history, or 1950s Americana.