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Color postcard of the Black Hawk Monument

Creator:
C. Kropp Co.
Location:
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee
Origin Date:
Unknown
Materials:
paper
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0381
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 featuring an image of the Black Hawk Statue. "Black Hawk Monument on Eagle's Nest Bluff, Rock River Valley, Ill" is printed in black lettering at the top of the postcard. Information about the Black Hawk Monument is printed on the back of the postcard. The Black Hawk Statue was scupted by Lorado Taft, beginning in 1908 and dedicated in 1911. It is located in Lowden State Park near Oregon, Illinois. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.