Source: Memorial Life of William McKinley
Source type: book
Document type: illustration
Document title: “James B. Parker”
Image size (in source, approx. h x w): 10.2cm x 9cm
Author(s): anonymous [illustration]; Townsend, G. W. [book]
Publisher: none given
Place of publication: none given
Year of publication: 1901
Pagination: none

The illustration below appears on the sixth unnumbered plate preceding page 257.

Title herein taken from caption.

Full caption: James B. Parker: This Is the Colored Waiter Who Is Said to Have Seized the Assassin of President McKinley. Parker Made a Large Sum of Money by Selling His Photographs.

From title page: Memorial Life of William McKinley, Our Martyred President: As a Man, the Noblest and Purest of His Times; As a Citizen, the Grandest of His Nation; As a Statesman, the Idol of Millions of People: Containing a Full Account of His Early Life; His Ambition to Obtain an Education; His Brilliant Career as a Soldier in the Civil War; His Patriotic Record as a Member of Congress and Governor of His State; His Able Administration as President, Etc.; Including a Thrilling Account of His Assassination; His Heroic Struggle for Life; Hope of Recovery Suddenly Blasted; Profound Sympathy and Anxious Suspense of the Whole Civilized World, Etc.; Together with a Full History of Anarchy and Its Infamous Deeds; Including the Life of President Roosevelt.

From title page: By Col. G. W. Townsend, the Well-Known Author, with an Introduction by Hon. James Rankin Young, Member of Congress and Formerly Clerk of the United States Senate.

From title page: Profusely Embellished with Superb Engravings.