President at Signal Mountain Inn

Photograph

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2022.049.003: Black and white photograph by William H. Stokes of President at the Signal Mountain Inn
2022.049.003

Black and white photograph by William H. Stokes of President at the Signal Mountain Inn

Name/Title

President at Signal Mountain Inn

Entry/Object ID

2022.049.003

Description

A black and white photograph of President Warren G. Harding standing with a large group of people in front of the Signal Mountain Inn on Signal Mountain, Tennessee during Harding's campaign for United States President 13 October 1920. Mr. Harding and his wife, Florence King Harding, are positioned at center with several prominent Chattanooga's. A Chattanooga Daily Times article that features this photograph mentions Z.C. Patten, Jr., P.J. Krusei, Mr. & Mrs. Jesse M. Littleton, C.H. Huston, C.E. James, Senator Newell Sanders, Henry Clay Evans, Joe Brown, John Fouche, Miss Louise VanDyke, Mrs. Morrow Chamberlain, Mrs. C.C. Nottingham, Miss Louise Whiton, among others. Harding was visiting the hotel for a luncheon honoring members of the President's party. The entryway to the Signal Mountain Inn is decorated with two 40-star flags hanging from either side of the gable and a flag with horizontal stripes at center. "Stokes" is signed at the bottom right of the photograph and the carding that the photograph is mounted on is debossed at bottom center and reads "W.H. Stokes, Chattanooga, Tenn."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Silver Gelatin Print

Subject Person or Organization

President Warren G. Harding

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Signal Mountain Inn

Collection

Signal Mountain Collection

Made/Created

Artist

William Stokes

Date made

10/13/1923

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Henry Clay Evans

Person or Organization

Senator Newell Sanders

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Signal Mountain Inn

Copyright

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only