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Silk Mourning Ribbon
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1865
- Materials:
- cloth
- Measurements:
- overall: 11 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0038
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
Over sized white silk commemorative ribbon. This large ribbon is all black text stamped onto the white silk central field. The main text begins with, "To The Memory of Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States." The remaining text on the ribbon memorializes Lincoln and his many accomplishments as a president of the United States. Entire body of text in enclosed in a black mourning border. Side edges of the ribbon are browned from age. The top and bottom edges of the ribbon are very frayed with loose threads. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
