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Abraham Lincoln commemorative ribbon
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- unknown
- Origin Date:
- 1915
- Materials:
- cloth
- Measurements:
- overall: 14 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0135
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
Cream silk commemorative ribbon. Ribbon is attached to a piece of paper slightly larger then the ribbon. The paper has text in black at the top edge that reads, "Souvenir of Panama=Pacific International Exposition 1915." Cream ribbon is long and narrow with images and text in black, red, white and blue thread. Central image of Lincoln in frontal classical pose. Rolled document under image of Lincoln is the Emancipation Proclamation. Below the rolled document is text in alternating in lines of red and blue text that is from President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. Top quarter of ribbon has a US flag in red, white and blue thread. Below the flag is a shield of the US flag with an eagle perched on top of it. Red silk thread tassel at bottom point of ribbon. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
