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"You Can Fool..." Quotation

Creator:
Miller Art Co.
Location:
New York, Brooklyn
Origin Date:
1922-1940
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0989
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera

Description

This colored postcard features a head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on a patriotic shield. The quotation "You can fool part of the people some of the time and some of the people part of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" is divided into four lines on each side of the portrait. This quotation was not original to President Lincoln. The postcard reverse is divided. "Series No. 1222 Lincoln Birthday 6 Designs" is printed along the left edge. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum