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Lincoln's First School on Knob Creek
- Creator:
- Dexter Press
- Location:
- New York, Pearl River
- Origin Date:
- 1940-1950
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2279
- 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 reproduction of an original painting of the first school on Knob Creek in Kentucky where Abraham Lincoln was a student. The school is depicted as a one-room log cabin with a split rail fence behind it. The caption is printed in the upper right of the image. The number 35976 is printed in the lower left corner. A white border surrounds the image. The postcard reverse is divided and has a poem printed on the left side. Part of the LIncoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
