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Color postcard of Abraham Lincoln
- Creator:
- J. I. Austen Co.
- Location:
- Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
- Origin Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0459
- 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 postcard of Abraham Lincoln. The background is gray with red tint. There is a rectangular illustration of Lincoln at the center with American flags at upper left and right corners. Above the illustration is an American eagle with a sun and red sun rays behind it. At the left is an illustration of a calvary soldier and at the right is an illustration of George Washington. Below is an illustration of a the Monitor and Merrimac submarines. On the back of the postcard is a biography of Lincoln. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.