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Young Abraham Lincoln, Railsplitter
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1908
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.1018
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This colored postcard features a reproduction of a painting of a young, beardless Abraham Lincoln splitting rails. He is depicted holding a broad-axe in his hands while his right foot rests on the log. A log cabin is in the background. A circular-cut inset In the top left corner of the image shows a broad-axe owned by Lincoln. Below the main image is an ox-yoke made by Lincoln in the possession of the University of Illinois, Champaign. The postcard reverse is divided. Narrative text is printed on the left side. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
