John Wood 1978 35mm Glass Slides Rare Vintage Photograph Collection 20-30Professional Photographer "John Wood" 1978 35mm Glass Slides (20 30 count) John Wood (1838 1901) was the U. S. government's first official photographer. He took the photograph of Lincoln's First Inauguration as well as the inauguration of James Buchanan in 1857, thought to be the first known photograph of a Presidential inauguration.[1][2][3] Wood made the 1857 exposure in four seconds.[4] Wood was hired in May 1856 by Montgomery C. Meigs, the