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Stock #: 650152

Type: Postcard

Era: Divided Back

City: Mentor

State: Ohio (OH)

County: Lake

Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons

Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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James A. Garfield, twentieth president of the United States, was born in Orange Township, Cuyahoga County on Nov. 18th, 1831. He was graduated from Williams College in 1836. In 1858 he married Lucretia Randolph. Mentor was their house except when his official duties called him elsewhere. On July 2nd, 1881, he was shot in the Baltimore and Potomac Railway Depot at Washington, by Charles Guiteau. He lingered until Sept. 19th when he died at Elberon, NJ where he had been removed on Sept. 5th. Garfield's remains rest in a beautiful monument in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland.

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"HOMES OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTS. E& THE KING & QUEEN. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" Postcard 2900 ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJES SOIT QUI By Appointment. Mentor Home of James A. Garfield. James A. Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Orange Township, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Nov. 19th, 1831. He was graduated from Williams College in 1856. In 1858, he married Lucretia Randolph. Mentor was their home except when his official duties called him elsewhere. On July 2d, 1881, he was shot in the Baltimore and Potomac Railway Depot at Washington, by Charles Guiteau. He lingered until Sept. 19th, when he died at Elberon, N.J., where he had been removed on Sept. 6th. Garfield's remains rest in a beautiful monument in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland. 10A 4:00 ARTISTIC SEMES TRADE MARK

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