Haunting and historically charged, this hand-coloured White Border card presents the ivy-draped Milburn Residence in Buffalo, New York — the private home where President William McKinley drew his last breath on September 14, 1901, eight days after being shot at the Pan-American Exposition. Oval portrait medallions of McKinley and his wife Ida frame the scene like a memorial broadside, the president's composed visage on the right, Ida's solemn gaze on the left, while a uniformed policeman still stands sentinel on the front walk below — a poignant reminder of the security that came too late. A brief 1929 message from Thomas to a woman named Millie promises a Saturday homecoming, the casual domesticity a striking counterpoint to the card's sombre subject.