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You Can Fool Some of the People...
- Creator:
- Artcraft Printing Company
- Location:
- California, San Francisco
- Origin Date:
- 1937
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 7/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2507
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This postcard features a reproduction of an image by E. A. Burbank featuring a head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln surrounded by the text of a quotation erroneously attributed to him. The portrait was done from a photograph taken of President Lincoln on November 8, 1863, in Washington, D. C. The postcard reverse is divided. An inscription is handwritten in black ink by the artist to the Lincoln National Life Foundation of Fort Wayne, Indiana, reading "Compliments of E. A. Burbank" is on the left side. The San Francisco, California, postmark is dated April 15, 1937. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
