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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.