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President Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- International Art Publishing Co.
- Location:
- New York, New York; Germany, Berlin
- Origin Date:
- 1911
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 3/8 in x 3 7/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2521
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This hand-colored postcard features a head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in the center. The portrait is within an embossed, gold-colored, oval border. An illustration of the White House with a red, white, and blue patriotic panel on each side is above the portrait. An embossed illustration of President Lincoln's birthplace log cabin is below the portrait. The postcard reverse is divided. A handwritten note in pencil to Florence of Watseka, Illinois, from Mamma is on the left side. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum