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Stephen Collins Foster, 1864

Creator:
Curt Teich & Co.
Location:
Illinois, Chicago
Origin Date:
1927
Materials:
paper
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0500
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera

Description

This tinted postcard features a half-length portrait of composer Stephen Collins Foster seated in front of a piano with his left elbow resting above the keys. The caption is printed in the top and bottom margins. The number 1144375 is printed just below the lower right corner of the image. The postcard reverse is divided. The lyrics to Foster's folksong "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night" are printed on the left side. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.