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Spencer County Memorial
- Creator:
- Curt Teich & Co.
- Location:
- Illinois, Chicago
- Origin Date:
- 1931
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.1891
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This blue-sky postcard features the memorial stone marking the site of the home of the Thomas Lincoln family who lived in southern Indiana from 1816 to 1830. Abraham Lincoln spent his childhood years from the age of seven to twenty-one in the cabin. A white border surrounds the image with the caption printed in the top margin. The number 1A1426 is printed in the lower right corner of the border. The postcard reverse is divided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
