Creator:
Raphael Tuck & Sons
Location:
England, London; Germany, Saxony
Origin Date:
1908-1920
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0588
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera

Description

This colored, embossed postcard features the statue of President Abraham Lincoln with an African American man kneeling in front of him by sculptor Thomas Ball titled "Emancipation." A very large American flag is depicted draped around one side of the statue. A laurel wreath hangs from the pedestal. Two scenes in the background depict African American children going to school and African American adults walking toward a church. A gold-colored thin-line border surrounds the whole image. The postcard reverse is divided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum