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ANDREW JOHNSON, seventeenth President of the U. S. Served from April 15, 1865 to March 3, 1869.


ANDREW JOHNSON was born in Raleigh, N.C. on Dec. 29, 1808. He was chosen Vice-President at Abraham Lincoln's second election, and upon the death of the latter, took up the reigns of government, serving as President for three years and eleven months. He died July 31, 1875.
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 Number2015.8534
NOT ON VIEW
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
Signed 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)