President Harding's Voyage of Understanding, Sitka, Alaska, Side A

This stereograph by Keystone View Company shows President Warren G. Harding and First Lady Florence Harding and other members of their party standing in front of a totem pole in Sitka, Alaska, during Harding's "Voyage of Understanding." The Voyage of Understanding was the name given to Harding's tour of the western United States and Alaska. Harding was the first sitting president to visit Alaska. The caption reads: "President and Mrs. Harding and Official Party Before Great Alaskan Totem Pole at Sitka." Secretary of Commerce and future president Herbert Hoover is also in the photo. There is text on the back of this card. See image number 1112094.