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President McKinley's funeral in Buffalo, Washington, and Canton, Ohio, 1901

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Three sequences of the funeral ceremonies held for President William McKinley: 1) In Canton, Ohio on Sept. 19, 1901, views of the official Washington party and others preceding the casket out of the First Methodist Episcopal Church: identified are, President TR, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage (1897-1902), Secretary of War Elihu Root (1899-1904), Attorney General Philander C. Knox (1901-1904), Postmaster General Charles E. Smith (1891-1902), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1898-1913), Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson (1897-1913), and McKinley's private secretary George B. Cortelyou (1900-1901); men line the stairs as the casket is placed into the horsedrawn hearse; view from the rear as the hearse and procession move down the street; mounted military units, marching civilians, carriages, and the hearse turning and entering what is probably Westlawn Cemetery where McKinley is buried; military units march down street; 2) in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17, views of a squadron of sailors, civilians carrying umbrellas (may be the diplomatic corps), other civilians, guard of honor, pallbearers, and the horsedrawn hearse all turning a corner off what may be Pennsylvania Avenue on their way to the Capitol; camera follows marchers from rear; procession of carriages also turning the corner; from ground level, the camera pans the mourners in line and others at the Capitol; officers on horseback, the Artillery Band (wearing dark headdresses), a squadron of cavalry, a battalion of artillery, other military units, the Marine Band (wearing white helmets), and a battalion of marines, all turning a corner off Pennsylvania Avenue on their way to the Capitol; 3) in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sept. 15-16, views of the procession led by mounted police and consisting of a band and various military marching units, carriages, and marching civilians moving down a street; carriages, the horsedrawn hearse, and marchers stopping in front of the Buffalo City Hall; the casket being unloaded from the hearse and carried up stairs of City Hall; crowds of mourners line up to view the casket as group of soldiers enters City Hall; as mounted police march by, the camera pans the crowd and carriages gathered outside what is probably the Milburn house where McKinley died; final pans of carriages laden with flowers, closed carriages, marching policemen and the hearse moving through a downtown street.

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President McKinley's funeral in Buffalo, Washington, and Canton, Ohio, 1901

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:13:57.011407+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 11510347

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
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  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
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