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White House and Court House Square, Hodgenville, Ky.
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1909-1915
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2793
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This postcard features two engravings, the one on the left labeled as "The White House in Lincoln's Time" and the second one labeled "Court House Square, Hodgenville, Ky." The second image shows the heroic-sized, bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln seated in an Empire style chair by sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman. Typed beneath the Lincoln statue image are the words "Birth-place of Lincoln." The postcard reverse is divided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum