A vintage color white-border postcard showing the McKinley Tomb and Memorial in Canton, Ohio. A large, grey domed mausoleum sits atop a green hill, accessed by a long, wide white staircase with a bronze statue on a pedestal halfway up. The sky is a gradient of teal and soft orange.
The reverse side of a circulated vintage postcard with a divided back layout. A green one-cent George Washington stamp is canceled by a Canton, Ohio postmark dated MAR 7, 1924. The address is handwritten in black ink to Merel Tome at 3417 Trowbridge Ave, Cleveland, Ohio. Vertical text along the center divider identifies the card as C.T. American Art and the publisher as The Akron News Co..
A vintage color white-border postcard showing the McKinley Tomb and Memorial in Canton, Ohio. A large, grey domed mausoleum sits atop a green hill, accessed by a long, wide white staircase with a bronze statue on a pedestal halfway up. The sky is a gradient of teal and soft orange.
The reverse side of a circulated vintage postcard with a divided back layout. A green one-cent George Washington stamp is canceled by a Canton, Ohio postmark dated MAR 7, 1924. The address is handwritten in black ink to Merel Tome at 3417 Trowbridge Ave, Cleveland, Ohio. Vertical text along the center divider identifies the card as C.T. American Art and the publisher as The Akron News Co..

1920s McKinley Tomb & Memorial Canton Ohio Vintage Postcard

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About This Vintage Postcard

The solemn grandeur of the McKinley National Memorial rises from a sun-drenched hill in Canton, its massive granite dome standing as a quiet sentinel over the Ohio landscape. Captured during the White Border era, this view highlights the dramatic ascent of the memorial's grand staircase and the iconic bronze statue of the 25th President overlooking the grounds. The soft, hand-retouched colors of the sunset sky contrast with the sturdy neoclassical architecture, inviting a nostalgic look at the nation's 1920s-era pilgrimage site where the legacy of William McKinley is preserved in enduring stone.

Details

Era: White Border 1920s (1924)
City: Canton
State: Ohio
Country: United States of America
Topics: Presidential Memorials, William McKinley, Neoclassical Architecture, Mausoleums
Artist/Photographer: Harold Van Buren Magonigle (Architect)
Condition: Circulated (Postmarked)
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Publisher: The Akron News Co., Akron, Ohio
Printer: Curt Teich & Co., Chicago (C.T. American Art)

Additional Information

The production code R-64695 identifies this as a high-quality C.T. American Art edition produced by the renowned Curt Teich & Co.. This specific white border style was popular during the 1920s, and the card was published by The Akron News Co. of Akron, Ohio. The reverse side features a crisp postmark from Canton, Ohio, dated March 7, 1924, and is franked with a green one-cent George Washington stamp. The address is handwritten in graceful cursive, directed to Merel Tome in Cleveland, Ohio, providing a genuine snapshot of 1920s regional correspondence.

This postcard is a collectible example of early 20th-century presidential memorabilia, neoclassical architecture, and White Border linen-era printing.

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