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Roger Brooke Taney

Creator:
Process Photo Studios
Location:
Illinois, Chicago
Origin Date:
1930-1950
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 5 3/8 in x 3 7/16 in
Item ID:
71.2009.083.2283
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera

Description

This postcard is a reproduction photograph of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, from 1836 until his death in 1864. Chief Justice Taney personally administered the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln, his most prominent critic, on March 4, 1861. The caption is printed near the lower edge of the image. The postcard reverse is divided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum