Name/Title
McKinley Monument Granite with Ribbon & Photo, Canton, Ohio.Entry/Object ID
2010.1.2491Description
A small piece of granite from the McKinley Monumnet in Canton, Ohio. The granite is mulicolored, mostly grey with specks of black and beige. Tied around the granite, and bound by a metal clip, is a piece of red, white, and blue ribbon. Attached to the ribbon is a two-sided black and white photograph, with a picture of the monument on one side and a portrait of President McKinley on the other. The granite is odd shaped, more triangular, and measures 1" wide x 7/8" high x 3/4" across the bottom. The photograph measures 3/4" x 1".
"In September 1907 the Monument and the 26 acres surrounding it were finished. Nine states had contributed material for the memorial. Ohio supplied the concrete, all of the brick, and much of the labor. Massachusetts provided the exterior granite and Tennessee the marble walls and pedestal and part of the marble floor. New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin, Illinois and Rhode Island also contributed material for the project." *
* "McKinley Memorial (Canton, Ohio). September 1907." William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum. © 2014 All Rights Reserved. Photos Exclusive Property Of McKinley Presidential Library. https://mckinleymuseum.org/mckinley-memorial/
04/19/2017Collection
BechtelAcquisition
Accession
2010.1Source or Donor
Mr. BechtelAcquisition Method
Gift/PurchaseCredit Line
BECHTEL