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"With Chairty for All..." Quotation

Creator:
unknown
Location:
Unknown place made
Origin Date:
1908-1925
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0992
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera

Description

This tinted postcard features a patriotic eagle and shield with a head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in the center. Text to the left of the eagle reads: "With charity for all" while text to the right of the frame reads: "With malice toward none." Both phrases are a quotation from President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address given on March 4, 1865. The postcard reverse is divided. "Series No. 1222 Lincoln Birthday 6 Designs" is printed along the left edge. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum