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Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1908
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 9/16 in x 3 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2539
- 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 full-length portrait of President Abraham Lincoln from a photograph taken of him on February 24, 1861, in Washington, D. C. He posed seated with his left arm resting on a table. The caption and a quotation from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are printed in the bottom margin. The postcard reverse is divided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
