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New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, acknowledges the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, acknowledges the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, acknowledges the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, acknowledges the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, acknowledges the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush in presidential automobile, waving to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, waves to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, waves to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush in presidential automobile, waving to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, acknowledges the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

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Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.

The inauguration of George H.W. Bush as the 41st President of the United States was held on January 20, 1989.

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Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).

Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the U.S. Republican Party, he was previously a congressman, ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Bush postponed college, enlisted in the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday, and became the youngest aviator in the U.S. Navy at the time. He served until the end of the war, then attended Yale University. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by the age of 40. He was chosen as a running mate by party nominee Ronald Reagan, and the two were elected. In 1988, Bush ran a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as President, defeating Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. Under his presidency wars were conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf, the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and the Soviet Union dissolved two years later. He lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton. Besides being the 43rd president (2001–09), his son George also served as the 46th Governor of Texas (1995–2000) and is one of only two presidents—the other being John Quincy Adams—to be the son of a former president. His second son, Jeb Bush, served as the 43rd Governor of Florida (1999–2007).

In 2015, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement for featuring one of her own photographs on her own website. It demanded payment of $120. This was how Highsmith came to learn that stock photo agencies Getty and Alamy had been sending similar threat letters and charging fees to users of her images, which she had donated to the Library of Congress for use by the general public at no charge. In 2016, Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs. “The defendants [Getty Images] have apparently misappropriated Ms. Highsmith’s generous gift to the American people,” the complaint reads. “[They] are not only unlawfully charging licensing fees … but are falsely and fraudulently holding themselves out as the exclusive copyright owner.” According to the lawsuit, Getty and Alamy, on their websites, have been selling licenses for thousands of Highsmith’s photographs, many without her name attached to them and stamped with “false watermarks.” (more: http://hyperallergic.com/314079/photographer-files-1-billion-suit-against-getty-for-licensing-her-public-domain-images/)

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01/01/1989
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Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
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President George H. W. Bush

President George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989 - 1993

Carol Highsmith, Library of Congress Collection

In 2016, Carol Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs.
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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