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Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1975
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 7/8 in x 4 1/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2531
- 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 done from a photograph taken of him on November 8, 1863, in Washington, D. C. The postcard reverse is divided and has narrative text printed on the left side. Also on the left side is a handwritten note in blue ink from Bob to Alice O'Reilly of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The postmark is dated October 6, 1975. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
