Description: A group of spectators wave American flags while watching a parade from the Ohio Statehouse lawn in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The Neil House, a downtown landmark for over 130 years, is visible in the background. Built in 1842 by William Neil, the hotel was located at 41 South High Street, across from the Statehouse. The Neil House served travelers heading west through Columbus, as well as many famous politicians and celebrities, including Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding, Daniel Webster, Jenny Lind, and Amelia Earhart. William McKinley lived at the Neil House from 1892 to 1896, while he was governor of Ohio. Closed in 1980, it is now the site of the Huntington Center, the fourth tallest building in Columbus. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B04F072_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Downtowns; Parades & processions; Flags
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Vault in Marion cemetery where President Warren G. Harding was first laid to rest, 1923. Mrs. Florence Harding was also interred here after her death in November 1924. The Hardings were both moved in December 1926 upon completion of the Harding Memorial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00708
Subjects: Presidents--Death and burial; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Tombs and sepulchral monuments
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: This campaign poster titled "America First!" was created by artist Howard Chandler Christy for the 1920 presidential campaign of Warren G. Harding. Harding (1865-1923) was born in Corsica (now called Blooming Grove), a small town in Morrow County, Ohio. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College in Iberia at the age of 16. His family moved to Marion, where Harding taught school and briefly studied law. He worked occasionally as a reporter for a local paper before buying the Marion Star in 1884. Within five years, the Star was one of the most successful small-town newspapers in the state. Harding became popular as the leader of the Citizen's Coronet Band, which played at political rallies, and for his skill as an orator. Willing to follow the lead of political bosses, Harding advanced rapidly in Ohio politics, serving as state senator and lieutenant governor. In 1914, Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate. He went on to win the presidency with 60 percent of the popular vote, promising a "return to normalcy" following the wave of reforms begun during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. As president, Harding appointed several friends to federal office who proved untrustworthy. His administration was tainted by corruption, and the infamous "Teapot Dome" scandal (in which Harding's Secretary of the Interior leased a U.S. petroleum reserve to a private oil company) nearly destroyed his presidency. After he died in office in August 1923, other scandals were uncovered, further tarnishing Harding's reputation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1523_1505576_025
Subjects: Presidential elections; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952; Political posters; Artists--Ohio;
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of Warren James Fort of Winona, Minnesota, November 12, 1920. This image comes from a group of photographs of babies and young children named after President Warren G. Harding, which were sent to Harding while he was in office and eventually transferred to the Ohio Historical Society from the Harding Memorial Association. Harding’s election provided a short burst of popularity for the name Warren, which had been steadily gaining in popularity during the 1910s. According to data from the Social Security Administration, the name rose from 122nd place in 1910 to 82nd place in 1919, with its largest jump in 1920 when it reached 39th. It jumped again in 1921, ranking 24th that year. After Harding's election in November of 1921, and his subsequent death on August 2, 1923, the name declined in popularity throughout the 20th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B45F01_008
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Children; Portrait photography; Presidents--United States--1920-1930
Places: Winona (Minnesota)
 

Description: This photograph shows Warren G. Harding and Florence Harding voting in the 1920 presidential election. They are pictured turning in their ballots. Florence Harding was the first First Lady to vote, following the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03530
Subjects: Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Women--Suffrage
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a baby identified as Warren H. Clarke being held a a woman, presumably his mother, in November of 1920. A handwritten note accompanying the photograph indicates that he was four months old when this picture was taken. This image comes from a group of photographs of babies and young children named after President Warren G. Harding, which were sent to Harding while he was in office and eventually transferred to the Ohio Historical Society from the Harding Memorial Association. Harding’s election provided a short burst of popularity for the name Warren, which had been steadily gaining in popularity during the 1910s. According to data from the Social Security Administration, the name rose from 122nd place in 1910 to 82nd place in 1919, with its largest jump in 1920 when it reached 39th. It jumped again in 1921, ranking 24th that year. After Harding's election in November of 1921, and his subsequent death on August 2, 1923, the name declined in popularity throughout the 20th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B45F01_005_001
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Children; Portrait photography; Presidents--United States--1920-1930;
 

Description: Campaign poster from the 1920 presidential election that reproduces an illustration of Warren G. Harding, the Republican Presidential candidate, standing under the United States flag, while James M. Cox, the Democratic Presidential candidate, raises the flag of the League of Nations. The poster is meant to portray Harding as the candidate who is concerned with the best interest of the United States, evidenced by his "America First" platform. Created on January 15, 1919, as part of the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I, the League of Nations was an intergovernmental group founded primarily to maintain world peace. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05196
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This cartoon shows Warren G. Harding, Republican candidate for president in 1920, wooing a woman representing the Southern state of Tennessee while his Democratic opponent, James M. Cox, looks on in dismay. Since the end of the Civil War, the South had been solidly behind the Democratic party. In the South, the Republicans were disliked as the party of Lincoln, the party that freed the slaves. In the 1920 election, which Harding won in a landslide, Cox carried all of the Southern states with the exception of Tennessee, which went for Harding. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: CA3_F02_01
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865‐1923; Presidential campaigns; Presidential elections; Political cartoons;
 

Description: The citizens of Fairbanks, Alaska presented this collar to President Warren G. Harding and his wife Florence Kling Harding for their dog Laddie Boy on July 16, 1923. It is embellished with gold nuggets from the area. The collar measures 2.36 by 1.18 by 20.47 inches (6 by 3 by 52 cm). Laddie Boy, an Airedale terrier, became a celebrity during the Harding administration. He had his own chair for cabinet meetings and was "interviewed" by the Washington Post in 1921, offering his opinion on current issues such a prohibition and advocating an eight-hour workday for guard dogs. Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was born in Corsica (now called Blooming Grove), a small town in Morrow County, Ohio. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College in Iberia at the age of sixteen. His family moved to Marion, where Harding taught school and briefly studied law. He worked occasionally as a reporter for a local paper before buying the Marion Star in 1884. Within five years, the Star was one of the most successful small-town newspapers in the state. Harding became popular as the leader of the Citizen's Coronet Band, which played at political rallies, and for his skill as an orator. Willing to follow the lead of political bosses, Harding advanced rapidly in Ohio politics, serving as state senator and lieutenant governor. In 1914 Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate. He launched his famous "front porch" 1920 presidential campaign from the porch of his Victorian home in Marion, Ohio. He won the presidency with sixty percent of the popular vote, promising a "return to normalcy" following the wave of reforms begun during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. As President, Harding appointed several friends to federal office who proved untrustworthy. His administration was tainted by corruption, and the infamous "Teapot Dome" scandal (in which Harding's secretary of the interior leased a U.S. petroleum reserve to a private oil company) nearly destroyed his presidency. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1430_1149098_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Dogs; Collars; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Will H. Hays, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, attending one of Warren G. Harding's campaign events, probably outside the Harding home in Marion, Ohio. 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: AL02788
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954; Presidential campaigns; Campaign rallies
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding reading telegrams at their home in Marion, Ohio during the 1920 presidential campaign. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02805
Subjects: Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Warren G. Harding and Florence Harding sitting on the porch of their home in Marion, Ohio, during the 1920 presidential campaign. Harding ran his presidential campaign from the front porch of his Victorian house, and people came from all over Ohio and the United States to hear him speak. His speeches were often recorded on phonograph and printed in newspapers around the country. He won the election, becoming the 29th President of the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02807
Subjects: Marion (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harding, Florence Kling, 1860-1924; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Presidential campaigns
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)