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Marker in front of the Lincoln Memorial Court House in Metamora, Illinois
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1926-1940
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 3/8 in x 3 7/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.1315
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This postcard features a photograph of the marker placed in front of the Lincoln Memorial Court House in Metamora, Illinois. Attached to a granite post, the bronze tablet features a right profile of a beardless Abraham Lincoln with the following text below: Abraham Lincoln traveled this way as he rode the circuit of the Eighth Judicial District...1847-1857. Erected 1921." Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
