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1959 Calendar in Arabic

Creator:
United States Information Service
Location:
Lebanon, Beirut
Origin Date:
1958
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 21 3/4 in x 16 3/16 in
Item ID:
71.2009.081.2749
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Fine Art

Description

This color print features a head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln done from a photograph taken of him on November 8, 1863, in Washington, D. C. A facsimile signature with the translation in Arabic just above it is printed in the viewer's lower right corner of the portrait. Calendar pages for the year 1959 are stapled to the print below the portrait. A cover sheet with a title box gives the sesquicentennial anniversary dates of the birth of Abraham Lincoln 1909 and 1959 and informing that the calendar is "Distributed with the Compliments of the United States Information Service, Beirut." Each of the calendar pages shows two months beginning with January 1959 in Arabic with a smaller English language version printed below. Also printed beside the English version 1959 calendar month is the 1909 calendar for the same month but in Arabic. A different quotation in Arabic is printed in the margin above each main calendar month. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum