^Lot 53 Warren G. Harding

Vintage glossy 9.75 x 7.75 photo of a vehicle, with luggage in the rear, in front of Myron D. Kidder, Inc., distributor of cars and trucks, in Portland, Maine, with four men in or around the vehicle, signed in fountain pen as President, “Gratefully yours, Warren G. Harding,” and also signed by “Secretary of War John W. Weeks.” Photo is affixed by its bottom edge to an identical size piece of heavy cardstock. In very good condition, with mild overall rippling, lightly trimmed edges, a few surface marks and creases, and Weeks’s signature light, but legible. In August 1921, President Harding was invited by his Secretary of War John W. Weeks to spend a few days at his summer home in Lancaster, New Hampshire. On August 2, 1921, the presidential yacht Mayflower arrived at Portland, Maine, at 9:30 A.M. After a short speech from the steps of the Portland Municipal Building, President Harding departed by automobile for Lancaster at 11 A.M. This is undoubtedly a photograph of the vehicle carrying President Harding’s luggage to Lancaster.