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Breakfast Room, Mary Todd Lincoln House
- Creator:
- Dexter Press
- Location:
- New York, West Nyack
- Origin Date:
- 1960-1970
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.2117
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This color postcard features the breakfast room in the Mary Todd Lincoln House located in Lexington, Kentucky. The twin corner cupboards display the 186-piece set of Canton China, circa 1790, as used by the Todd Family. Mary Todd who lived in the house from 1832 to 1839 became the wife of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States. The postcard reverse is divided with the caption and narrative text printed on the left side. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum