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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 285718, member: 37&quot;]Am digging a little deeper in to the idea that this is a memorial rocker to the McKinley assassination.&nbsp; Found this ad with the rocker in it from 1904.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]91928[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.terapeak.com/worth/1904-larkin-soap-co-ad-mckinley-rocker/161156004212/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.terapeak.com/worth/1904-larkin-soap-co-ad-mckinley-rocker/161156004212/" rel="nofollow">https://www.terapeak.com/worth/1904-larkin-soap-co-ad-mckinley-rocker/161156004212/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My feeling is that this is where the 1904 date comes from that is oft-repeated.&nbsp; Chances are, the rocker existed before this ad came out.&nbsp; It would have been somewhat old-fashioned by 1904 but certainly still in production.&nbsp; Larkin was not necessarily known for their cutting edge design.&nbsp; I can find no association to president McKinley other than the coincidence of name.&nbsp; I welcome any further research than can definitively make a connection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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