13 Antique 4x5 Glass Negatives Worcester MA 1901 President McKinley Cemetery. The box has pencil notations - dated September 1901 Worcester McKinley decorations Chatham Street - this apparently refers to his assassination death which happened same month. Scenes show ornate old buildings with patriotic bunting. Notations mentions Bancroft Tower Worcester. Other photos show the ornate Hope Cemetery entrance also in Worcester. The original box has label The American Dry Plate Co. of Worcester. What a great lot of Worcester Massachusetts Historical photograph negatives. I acquired these many years ago from a local estate sale and the box is all genuine original always kept together. 13 total glass negatives. All 13 are fine with no cracks or chips, like many old glass slides the edges have some roughness. The set comes in the original cardboard box. See my detailed photos.
Hope Cemetery is an historic rural cemetery at 119 Webster Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Established in 1854, it was the city's sixth public cemetery, and is the burial site of remains originally interred at its first five cemeteries. Its landscaping and funerary art are examples of the rural cemetery movement, and the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The cemetery occupies 168 acres (68 ha).
Bancroft Tower: Built in 1900, the castle-esq monument was named after Worcester native, former Secretary of the Navy, diplomat, and historian George Bancroft. The tower was built by Stephen Salisbury III, the last of the Worcester’s esteemed Salisbury family, who built it to honor Bancroft - his father’s childhood friend.
The tower was built in 1900 using horses and carriages to transport the large stones up Prospect Hill. The land the tower was built on was owned by Salisbury. The area around the tower did not become a park until 1912, when the Trustees of the Worcester Art Museum donated it to the city (Stephen Salisbury III left much of his estate to the Art Museum).
Chatham Street Worcester: The three structures that make up Chatham Lofts were built in 1892, 1915, and 1926 and merged to create this masterful building. The structure was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and faces south onto Chatham Street at its intersection with High Street. Throughout the years these buildings have been home to many businesses including a radio station, church, performing arts center, and, most notably, a YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association).
William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination on September 14, 1901, after leading the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War and raising protective tariffs to promote American industry.
During his 14 years in the House, he became the leading Republican tariff expert, giving his name to the measure enacted in 1890. The next year he was elected Governor of Ohio, serving two terms.
In 1900, McKinley again campaigned against Bryan. While Bryan inveighed against imperialism, McKinley quietly stood for “the full dinner pail.”
His second term, which had begun auspiciously, came to a tragic end in September 1901. He was standing in a receiving line at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition when a deranged anarchist shot him twice. He died eight days later.