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Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- Curteich
- Location:
- Illinois, Chicago
- Origin Date:
- 1959
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 7/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2484
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This color postcard is a reproduction of a photograph taken of a beardless Abraham Lincoln on June 3, 1860, in Springfield, Illinois, shortly after being nominated as the Republican Party presidential candidate. The postcard reverse is divided and has narrative text printed on the left side. The number 9C-K579 is printed in the stamp placement block. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum