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Postcard of Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0366
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This is a color illustrated postcard of Abraham Lincoln. The background is yellow with an illustration at left of Lincoln on a green banner. At right is an illustration of Lincoln and Mary in theater seats with John Wilkes Booth pointing a gun at him. Gold drapes, an American flag, and an eagle surround the image with “Assassination of President Lincoln” printed on it. “Febr.12 1809, Dec. 15. 1865” is printed above the illustration. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.