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Your Obedient Servant tab button
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- metal
- Measurements:
- overall: 1 1/2 in diameter
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0829
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
This commemorative metal tab button features a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln done from a photograph taken of him on November 8, 1863, in Washington, D. C. The text "Your Obedient Servant, A. Lincoln" is printed in brown ink in a circle surrounding the portrait of President Lincoln. An attached tab at the top of the button is ready to be bent to anchor the button to a pocket or collar or other similar place. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
