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A. Lincoln
- Creator:
- E. A. Burbank
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1947
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2544
- 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 right-profile portrait of President Abraham Lincoln by E. A. Burbank done from a photograph of Lincoln taken on February 9, 1864, in Washington, D. C. A quotation incorrectly attributed to Lincoln is printed below the portrait. The reverse is addressed to the Lincoln National Life Foundation of Fort Wayne, Indiana, from E. A. Burbank. The San Francisco, California, postmark is dated February 7, 1947. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum