Restored footage from 1920 of the 29th President of the United States, Warren G. Harding, in Marion, Ohio. This film was taken during the 1920 Presidential election campaign in which Warren G. Harding, who was a Senator at the time, became the Republican nomination for President and defeated the Democratic nominee James M. Cox. Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology. Footage originally from: President Harding and Calvin Coolidge [1], Library

🩷 Your Daily Dose of Women’s History… On November 2, 1920, women across the United States voted in a presidential election for the first time. Just three months earlier, the Nineteenth Amendment had been ratified, guaranteeing women the constitutional right to vote. That day, millions of women showed up at polling places from coast to coast. Some waited in long lines, some brought their children, and many faced skepticism or hostility—but they cast their ballots anyway. It was the first tangibl