Pan-American Exposition
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The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied 350 acres of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, ext
The Planning Committee of the Exposition
Pan-American Exposition official logo
Pan American Exposition ticket, front and back, which cost US$0.50 ($19.00 in 2025 dollars)
Rand McNally Pan American Exposition Handbook
Leon Czolgosz
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Leon Frank Czolgosz was an American wireworker and anarchist who assassinated United States president William McKinley in 1901. Czolgosz had lost his job during the economic Panic of 1893 and turned t
Pan-American Exposition
…presentation. The exposition is often remembered because it was the location where United States President William McKinley was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, at the Temple of Music on September 6, 1901. McKinley's presence at the Exposition was widely advertised by newspapers and magazines which played a…
Czolgosz in 1899
Drawing by T. Dart Walker depicting Czolgosz shooting McKinley
The revolver used to shoot McKinley
Czolgosz's police mugshot, September 7, 1901