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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