Creator:
Great Mountain West Supply
Location:
Utah, Salt Lake City
Origin Date:
1970-1980
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 5 15/16 in x 4 in
Item ID:
71.2009.083.3049
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera

Description

This color postcard features the statue of President Abraham Lincoln, done by sculptor Robert Russin in 1959, and located on Interstate 80 east of Laramie in the Summit Rest Area and Visitor's Center. The statue consists of a head and shoulders bust of President Lincoln resting on a thirty-foot tall granite pedestal. The state name is printed in large white letters below the image. The postcard reverse is undivided. Brief narrative text is printed in the lower left corner. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum