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Leaf from Tree at Lincoln's Tomb
- Creator:
- Herbert Wells Fay
- Location:
- Illinois, Springfield
- Origin Date:
- 1928
- Materials:
- paper, plant
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 8 1/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0900
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
This souvenir card consists of a dried oak leaf pasted to the right side of a folded piece of stationery embossed with "H. W. Fay, Custodian Lincoln's Tomb, Springfield, Illinois" in three lines at the top right above the leaf. Below the leaf handwritten in black ink is "Leaf from tree at Lincolns Tomb." The signature "H.W. Fay" and the date 1928 are handwritten in black ink near the bottom edge of the left side of the paper. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
