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Framed Mrs. McKinley "Thank You" Card
1902
Ida Saxton McKinley (1847-1907)
USA: Ohio, Canton
Glass, wood, ink on paper, metal
framed: 6-1/4"h x 7-1/8"w x 1/2"d; card: 3-5/8"h x 4-1/2"w
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.2478a, b

a) "Thank You" card reading "Mrs. McKinley / acknowledges with grateful appreciation / the tender expressions of sympathy extended / to her in her sorrow. / Canton, Ohio. July 20. 1902." b) black wooden frame with glass sheet, and gray paper mat; on back of frame is glued envelope postmarked 7/23/02 from Washington, D.C. to A. A. Folsom in Boston. Beneath envelope is "Sent to Bro. Folsom in acknowledgement of receipt of a / copy of the expression of sympathy by the Grand Lodge of England." Above envelope is framer's label for "J. F. Cabot & Brother" of Boston.


For further information, see Newell, Aimee, et.al., "Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection", 2013, p. 268-269.