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Color postcard of Abraham Lincoln

Creator:
P. Sander
Location:
unknown place made
Origin Date:
Unknown
Materials:
paper
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0425
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 gray with white circular decorations. At the top is an illustration of Lincoln in a suit and bow tie surrounded by a blue frame with white stars and two American flags on either side. Below this is an illustration of Lincoln holding an axe and splitting a rail with two cows and a log cabin in the background. "Lincoln as Rail-Splitter" is printed beside the illustration. 1809 and 1909 are printed in the lower corners of the postcard. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.