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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