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Lincoln at Gettysburg Reenactment
- Creator:
- Jack Ziegler
- Location:
- unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 14 in x 11 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0623
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This is a cartoon printed on photographic paper. It represents a humorous modern-day representation of the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln stands in his typical dress, with his black suit and tie and top hat, on top of a makeshift stage in front of a pickup truck with an amplifier in its bed. Lincoln bends over the microphone and addresses the modern-day crowd, struggling with the technology of the microphone. Lincoln: "Fourscore and--" (Microphone): "WHEEE-OOOOT!" Lincoln: "Excuse me. . . Fourscore and seven--Hey! Can you folks in the back hear me? Good. . . Fourscore and seven years ago--Hey! Is this thing on? Oh. O.K. Here we go. . . Fourscore. . ." The title and explanation appears below, "Lincoln at Gettysburg (A Modern Reenactment)." Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
