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Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1910-1920
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0876
- 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 reproduction of the William E. Marshall engraving of President Abraham Lincoln published in 1866. The quotation "I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.....by no means excluding women." printed below the image is from an editorial written by Lincoln in 1836 when he was a candidate for the Illinois legislature. The postcard reverse is blank. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum