President Harding at the throttle on government railway in Alaska – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures President Harding at the throttle on government railway in Alaska in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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President Harding at the throttle on government railway in Alaska
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Few photographs of a president show him at the controls of a locomotive, and that is what sets this stereograph apart. Warren G. Harding visited Alaska in the summer of 1923, and the territory's government-owned railroad, built to open the interior for mining and settlement, was one of the highlights of the trip. The image was printed on a stereo card for the parlor viewers that were popular at the time, so it was meant to look three-dimensional to a home audience. Harding died in San Francisco that August while returning from the journey, which gave the trip a lasting association with the last months of his presidency.
| Created / published | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | J263861 U.S. Copyright Office. · Rogers John 1829-1904 sculptor copyright claimant. |
| Subjects | Harding Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) 1865-1923--Journeys--Alaska. Railroad locomotives--Alaska--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271643 |
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