Milburn Residence, Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, Where President McKinley died September 14th, 1901.

Archive

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McKinley Birthplace Museum

Name/Title

Milburn Residence, Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, Where President McKinley died September 14th, 1901.

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.1072a

Scope and Content

Postcard with a portrait of the Milburn home in Buffalo, NY where President McKinley died. The back reads: " 52. Milburn Residence, Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY- On Sept. 5, 1901, President McKinley visited the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, that day having been set apart in his honor and called "President's Day." On the afternoon of the following day, while holding a special reception in the 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 September 14, 1901.

Collection

Bechtel

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Mr. Bechtel

Acquisition Method

Gift/Purchase

Credit Line

BECHTEL