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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.