City Auditorium Decorated for Warren Harding Memorial Photo, 1923

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

City Auditorium Decorated for Warren Harding Memorial, 1923

Name/Title

City Auditorium Decorated for Warren Harding Memorial Photo, 1923

Entry/Object ID

P354.18022.231

Description

City Auditorium Decorated for Warren Harding Memorial Photo, 1923 Photo of the floor of City Auditorium looking toward stage. Hanging over the stage is a U.S. flag as big as the stage opening. Seats have been set up on the floor and a group women in dresses/hats are standing down front. News photo from August 11, 1923 News-Press. Headline: "Decorations at Harding Memorial" Caption: View of the stage of the Auditorium as it wsa dressed for the exercises yesterday afternoon in memory of the dead president." Accompanying news story indicates " Hall filled to Capacity" and "A Solemn Show of Song and Prayer." For Original digital scan see History 20 CD

Made/Created

Artist

MAX HABECKER

Date made

1923

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

City Auditorium, U.S. Presidents, Harding. Warren, St. Joseph Mourns President Harding

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 6, 2019

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Max Habecker

Person or Organization

Warren Harding

Provenance

Notes

Photographs taken by Max Habecker, St. Joseph News-Press Photographer, affixed in photo album.