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Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- Curteich
- Location:
- Illinois, Chicago
- Origin Date:
- 1959
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2528
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This color postcard features a head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on a blue-green background done from a photograph taken of him on November 8, 1863, in Washington, D. C. The postcard reverse is divided and has biographical text printed on the left side. The number 9C-K578 is printed in the stamp placement block. This postcard may have been published to commemorate the sesquicentennial of President Lincoln's birth. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum