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Lot 448
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$500 -
700
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$1,500
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Lot Description
[LINCOLNIANA]. Wood from Lincoln Farm, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
Approximately 100 x 200 x 15 mm. Small postcard of Lincoln Cabin at Lincoln National Park in Hodgenville, KY, mounted under glass with brass tacks on front, hook at top. Printed paper label on back: "This 'Wood' is from the Lincoln Farm. Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. By Ladies Lincoln League. For Library Fund. Hodgenville, Ky."
The Ladies Lincoln League sold pieces of wood from Lincoln's cabin in the 1920s to raise money for the Lincoln Memorial Library in Hodgenville, KY. The library was dedicated on 12 February 1935.