Coolidge Bound For Capital To Take Up Reins As President – New York Evening Post 08/03/1923

Headline: “Coolidge Bound For Capital To Take Up Reins As President; Passes Through New York At 5 O’Clock This Afternoon; Rites For Harding In Washington; Internment At Marion, O”
From the New York Evening Post, 08/03/1923

This newspaper provides details of the death of President Warren Harding (caused by “apoplexy”, the paper says), the national reaction, and the swearing in of President Calvin Coolidge.

Images in photo gallery include:

• front page with details about the death of President Harding (his last words were “That’s good; go on, read more”) and the moment of his passing, as well as the ad hoc swearing in ceremony for new President, Calvin Coolidge
• bottom half of front page with more details on Harding’s cause of death and the public reaction (note heavy column lining which denotes the national state of mourning)
• picture of Calvin Coolidge
• picture of Warren Harding