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President's funeral train leaves Buffalo for Washington, D.C.


Steam locomotive on tracks with smoke rising, crowd watching from bridge above.
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Title

President's funeral train leaves Buffalo for Washington, D.C.

Subject

McKinleyWilliam1843-1901
McKinleyWilliam-- 1843-1901 --Death & burial.

Description

A crowd stands on the bridge trestle watching the departure of the funeral train.
A steam locomotive is shown on the tracks with smoke billowing from its stack. A crowd of people stands on a bridge overhead, watching the train pass beneath.

Source

Undetermined.

Date

1901-09-16

Rights

NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.

Type

Image
Identification photographs

Identifier

LIB-005_0403

Is Part Of

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901
LIB-005

Citation

“President's funeral train leaves Buffalo for Washington, D.C.,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed November 17, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/95344.