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Which is Lincoln?
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- California, Los Angeles
- Origin Date:
- 1920-1929
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 16 15/16 in x 10 3/8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.2224
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
This color poster promotes actor George Billings (1870-1934) playing United States President Abraham Lincoln at the Criterion Theater, 7th and Grand Streets, Los Angeles, California, sometime in the 1920s. The poster features a fake right-profile photograph purported to be "Abraham Lincoln as he really was" compared to a head and shoulders portrait of George Billings as Abraham Lincoln. The poster also promotes the Sea Hawk Quartette and Al & Ray Rockett's "first national triumph" with George Billings himself in the prologue directed by Phil Rosen. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
