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Image layout: horizontal
Dimensions (approx. l x w): 13.5cm x 8.5cm
Caption (front side): “Milburn Residence, Delaware Avenue, Buffalo,
N. Y. where President McKinley died September 14th, 1901.”
Number preceding caption: none
Number(s) on image: 52
Image: exterior front view (at slight angle) of John G. Milburn
residence, w/ policeman in foreground on sidewalk (bottom right)
Information about image (back side): “MILBURN RESIDENCE, DELAWARE
AVENUE, BUFFALO, N. Y.—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 Sept. 14th, 1901.”
[Note: wrong middle initial given for Milburn.]
Number(s) on back side: 52 (immediately preceding descriptive blurb)
Postal cancellation date: 17 January 1910
Postal rate: 1 cent (U.S.)
Company (creator): none
Printing location: none
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