Photographic portrait of J. Warren Mead, warden of Auburn State Prison, where the execution of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, took place in 1901.

Prison wardens--New York (State)--Auburn

Mead, J. Warren, 1845-1913

McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Assassination

Czolgosz, Leon F., 1873-1901

Executions and executioners--New York (State)--Auburn

Photographic portrait of J. Warren Mead, the warden at Auburn State Prison from 1897 to 1905, who filed the death certificate for the electrocution of anarchist Leon F. Czolgosz, the convicted assassin of U.S. President William McKinley in 1901. The sepia-toned oval portrait shows J. Warren Mead dressed in formal attire with a suit, bow tie, and mustache. The background is plain and unadorned.

Buffalo Courier, from the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Pan-American Exposition Scrapbooks Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1901-10-29

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Pan-American Exposition of 1901. LIB-005