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Milburn Residence

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $9.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:524503
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Buffalo
State: New York (NY)
County: Erie
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Delaware Avenue. Where President McKinley died September 14th, 1901. On September 14th, 1901, President McKinley visited the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, that day having been set apar in his honor and called "President's Day." On the afternoon of the following day, while holding a special reception int he Temple of Music, he was shot twice by a cowardly assassin. The wounded President was first taken to the Emergency Hospital in the exposition ground for immediate treatment and then removed to the residence of John N. Milburn, an intimate friend and president of the exposition, where he passed away on Sept. 14th, 1901.

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