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Lot 1446: 1901, Broadside ÒMCKINLEY SHOT!Ó

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Lot 1446: 1901, Broadside ÒMCKINLEY SHOT!Ó
<b>Political</b><hr><b>September 6, 1901, News Broadside: 'MCKINLEY SHOT!' Ashland Oregon, Choice Very Fine.</b>
15' x 6' broadside from the 'Tidings Bulletin' of Oregon, with a short news brief from New York with the terrible news that President William McKinley was shot while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, in part: 'The unknown assassin wore a high hat and had his revolver covered with his handkerchief. When he went to shake hands with President McKinley he leveled the revolver and shot. The President is still conscious...' Lightly toned page with folds and small edge splits along the folds.