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A Bright and Merry Christmas to You
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1935-1955
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0706
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This postcard features an etching of the log cabin in which President Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1809. A caption below the illustration reads: "Christmas at Lincoln's Birthplace." The Christmas greeting is printed along the bottom edge of the postcard. . The postcard reverse is divided. Narrative text titled "The Conestoga Wagon- 1813" is printed on the left side. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum