Description: Unmounted photograph depicting the workers are the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant #2 in Akron Ohio posed outside as they waited for what I believe was President Warren G haring’s funeral train. President Warren G. Harding, 57, an Ohio native, former U.S. senator and ex-newspaper editor from Marion, had suffered a fatal heart attack Aug. 2, 1923, in San Francisco during a cross-country trip with his wife, Florence. The Republican president’s body was being returned east to Washington, D.C., aboard an 11-car funeral train that had been shrouded in black crepe and purple ribbons. In a Pullman car at the back of the train, Harding’s flag-draped casket had been elevated to window level so it could be viewed outside. The train was expected to arrive in Akron after 11 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, but there was no way to know when it might chug into town. Text on the back states President Wilson, but I believe this was for Harding. Wilson dies in Washington DC and was buried there, so I doubt a funeral train ever went there. The photograph is 8” x 10” with some mild wear or soiling. See scans.
Price: 29.75 USD
Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1923
Format: Unmounted
Theme: People
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Funeral
