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ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in Larue Co., Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809. He was 52 years of age when first inaugurated, and was the first President elected by the new (or what is now) the Republican party. During his administration there occurred the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. He served but a little more than a month of his second term when he was assassinated while at theatre and died on April 15,1865.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, sixteenth President of the U. S. Elected twice. Inaugurated for the first time March 4, 1861 and entered on his second term March 4, 1865.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in Larue Co., Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809. He was 52 years of age when first inaugurated, and was the first President elected by the new (or what is now) the Republican party. During his administration there occurred the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. He served but a little more than a month of his second term when he was assassinated while at theatre and died on April 15,1865.
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons (English, 1886–1960)
American
1908
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.8533
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: undivided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2328, "Presidents of the United States."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Printed in Germany
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2328, "Presidents of the United States."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Printed in Germany
Signed
LP SPINNER
Presidential signature reproduction.
Presidential signature reproduction.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)