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Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- American News Company
- Location:
- New York, New York; Germany
- Origin Date:
- 1910-1920
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 7/16 in x 3 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2505
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This litho-chrome postcard printed in Germany features a head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln. It is done from a photograph taken of him on November 8, 1863, in Washington, D. C., eleven days before he traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to deliver his address at the dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery there. The postcard reverse is divided. The number D3028 is printed along the left edge. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum