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A Sensible Way to Live by a Man Who Knew
- Creator:
- M. T. Sheahan
- Location:
- Massachusetts, Boston
- Origin Date:
- 1908
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0935
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This tinted postcard features a circular-cut, head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln above the caption and a quotation regarding "A Sensible Way to Live" attributed to him. A thin-line red and a gold-colored border surround the portrait. The quotation below the portrait is anecdotal with no documentation that President Lincoln ever spoke the words. A green-ribbon border surrounds the image and quotation. The postcard reverse is divided. A drawing of the Springfield, Illinois, home of the Lincoln family is on the left side. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum