piercearrow

Fairly obviously a photograph from World War One, given that these men are all U.S. soldiers, and wearing puttees and with overseas caps, so perhaps in France.

On a Pierce Arrow truck like this: 1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=123050

U.S. President William Howard Taft seated at back right of his automobile. He bought this automobile between his election and his innauguration to use as his official car; it was a 1909 White Motor Company Model M 40 horse-power steam 7 passenger touring car. I've read that the car is preserved at the Heritage Plantation Museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts. The chauffer is presumbably Taft's driver George Robinson. Another Bain photo of the automobile, without Taft

That building in the background is the same building pictured in the G.V.L. Meyer photo.

This automobile is a Pierce-Arrow, not a White steamer. They have very different shaped hoods and radiators, and the name "Pierce-Arrow is visible on the rear hub cap of this one.

Technogeo: Yes, you're quite right. Since my earlier comment, I discovered that Taft ordered 2 Whites AND 2 Pierce-Arrows before taking office. hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.03212 shows one of the White steamers; this is one of the Pierce-Arrows. I think the other Pierce-Arrow is shown at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.03213 .

To continue the conversation about the make of the vehicle. The White House Historical Association (whitehousehistory.org) has an image of this vehicle, it is described as a "White House Pierce Arrow 66 A. P. Touring Car" Source: Motor Cars Come to the White House: Taft Administration. White House Historical Association (www.whitehousehistory.org/galleries/motor-cars-come-to-th...) Picture 5 of 6.

Pierce-Arrow limo, with the distinctive headlights attached to the fenders

New-York Tribune. May 24, 1921, page 1, top of col 5, with photo of Harding to the right.
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-05-24/ed-...
has a description of the drive to Hoboken and other people in the President's car.

"Colonel Sherrill, military aide to the President, and Colonel F, W. Galbraith, commander of the American Legion, rode in the President's automobile."

LoC has other photos of F.W. Galbraith
- www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016844942/
seems compatible with the gentleman sitting in front of Harding.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_W._Galbraith
"Frederick William Galbraith, Jr. (May 6, 1874 – June 9, 1921) was the second national commander of The American Legion from 1920 to 1921. He was a highly decorated World War I veteran who was instrumental in helping to make the Legion the largest and most powerful war veterans' association in the United States."

Sherrill could be Clarence O. Sherrill, as in
- hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.03779
in uniform behind driver..

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