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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.