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Home That Entertained Abraham Lincoln, Rockport, Ind.
- Creator:
- T. C. Basye
- Location:
- Indiana, Spencer County, Rockport
- Origin Date:
- 1935-1945
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 7/16 in x 5 7/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.1975
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This colored postcard features a two-story building with a covered porch known as a tavern located in Rockport, Indiana. In October 1844 Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at Spencer County Courthouse to promote Henry Clay, Whig presidential candidate. Lincoln, during his first trip to Indiana in 14 years, was a guest at the Tavern. The caption is printed in red ink along the top edge of the image. The postcard reverse is divided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
