Thursday, November 25, 2021

Friday, November 25, 1921. Horses in town.

President Harding and his secretary, George Christian went horseback riding in Washington D. C.


I'm not a big Harding fan, to say the least, but the thought that he did this, raises him up a little bit in my esteem.


Harding, fwiw, was 55 years old at the time these photos were taken, giving us an insight into how people of that era frequently looked considerably older to us than those at the same age today.  He was just two years away from dying at age 47 at this time.

Negotiations between Irish representatives and English ones broke down over "the oath", i.e., the British requirement that Ireland be made a dominion and that members of its parliament take an oath of allegiance accordingly.

The United States began the withdrawal of its occupation forces in Germany.

Crown Prince Hirohito became the Regent of Japan, occupying the position in light of his ailing father's inability to do so.

Arnold Genthe, well known portrait photographer, who also frequently tended to photograph portraits of young women wearing little in the way of clothing, took a nice portrait of Miss Elanor Clack.


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