The first time I saw this photo, it said it was taken at Obama, Sr.’s arrival to Hawaii by boat. I don’t recall where I saw it.
There has been a lot of speculation about the exact time when the photo was taken. Because the lei is presented to newcomers to HI many believe it was when Sr arrived, but leis are also presented upon graduation so it could also be June 22, 1962 on the dock as Sr prepared to set sail for San Francisco and his first stop to visit Hal and Shirley Abercrombie. Sr spent three months touring the U.S. before arriving at Harvard on a “crisp, cool late September morning” as mentioned in a Time article of the period.