Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows a framed image of a man belonging to the Harding family, likely the grandfather of President Warren G. Harding. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20F65_001
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Genealogy and local history
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows a framed image of a woman belonging to the Harding family, likely the grandmother of President Warren G. Harding. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20F64_002
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Ohio women; Genealogy and local history
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a view of the front exterior and one side of Our House Tavern, Gallipolis, Ohio, ca. 1960s-1970s. Much of the front exterior is covered with ivy or a similar plant. The three-story brick tavern, built in the Federal style, dates from 1819, when it was built by Henry Cushing and his sister Elizabeth in this Ohio River community. The tavern acquired its popular name because Henry Cushing invited Ohio River travelers to "come over to our house." The Cushing family operated the tavern until the 1860s. Our House was the center of the Gallipolis community’s social life for many years. It featured a taproom, dining room, ladies' drawing room, a ballroom, and accommodations for overnight guests. On Independence Day, 1820, the citizens of the town, after conducting appropriate ceremonies at the court house, paraded to Cushing’s Tavern with a military escort in full regalia. Our House was also the place where General Marquis de Lafayette, then on his triumphant tour of America, was entertained on Sunday, May 22, 1825, by the prominent citizens, an event which has lingered in the city’s memory so vividly that it is customarily marked with an annual event. During the Civil War the building was a receiving hospital. It later became a private residence and then a boarding house. Charles E. Holzer, Sr., M.D., and his wife, Alma Vomholt Holzer, purchased Our House in 1933, refurbished it, and donated it to the state of Ohio in 1944. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06658
Subjects: City and town life; Taverns (Inns); Bars (Drinking establishments); Genealogy & local history; Gallipolis (Ohio); Historic houses
Places: Gallipolis (Ohio); Gallia County (Ohio)