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Nancy Hanks Lincoln Monument
- Creator:
- Chas. Simpson
- Location:
- Indiana, Spencer County, Lincoln City
- Origin Date:
- 1910-1920
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 7/16 in x 5 3/8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.1959
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This postcard features a photographic print cropped to an oval shape of the monument placed in front of the headstone and grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of President Abraham Lincoln, located near Lincoln City, Indiana. The monument was sculpted by J. S. Culver and was placed at the grave in 1902. The postcard reverse is divided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
