Leon Czolgosz

Name/Title

Leon Czolgosz

Entry/Object ID

2024.3.5

Tags

19th Century, Warrensville Township

Description

Hand-colored black-and-white glass lantern slide showing Leon Czolgosz, President William McKinley's assassin. A label for Williams, Brown & Earle of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which manufactured and sold optical projection devices, is along the left side, and a label for William E. Stieren Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is along the right. Czolgosz lived with his father, stepmother and brothers and sisters on a small farm on the north side of what is now Harvard Road, just east of Richmond Road near the Orange Township line.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Glass Lantern Slide

Subject Person or Organization

Leon Czolgosz

Subject Place

Township

Warrensville Township

County

Cuyahoga County

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States

Category

Photographs
Archives

Location

Location

Box

Photograph Archives Box 01

Room

Elizabeth Nord Library & Archives

Building

Shaker Historical Society

Date

September 20, 2025