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Lincoln, the Boy, and the Farm Youth of Today
- Creator:
- Louis Bonhajo, Mary Taylor Parkinson
- Location:
- Illinois, Evanston
- Origin Date:
- 1939
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 15 7/8 in x 12 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.2150
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This color poster done from a painting by Louis Bonhajo features a young Abraham Lincoln lying on the floor reading a book. A spinning wheel can be seen to the viewer's left. Below the image is the title and a paragraph of explanatory text comparing Lincoln's desire to learn with that of the farm youth at the time the poster was published in 1939. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum