LINCOLN LIBRARY Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection at Allen County Public Library THE JEAN ZUROW LINCOLN POSTCARD COLLECTION Historical Note The Jean Zurow Lincoln Postcard Collection includes a variety of Lincoln-related postcards and other ephemera collected by Jean Szalkowski Zurow of Bastrop, Texas, over a period of sixty years. Ms. Zurow donated her collection to the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection at Allen County Public Library in August 2013. Scope and Content The collection consists of 556 individual postcards, one souvenir folder of six attached postcards, seven miscellaneous card-sized items, five souvenir folders of photographs, and two souvenir pamphlets. The postcards date from the late nineteenth through the late twentieth centuries and include memorial postcards; Lincoln centennial postcards; and photographs and illustrations of Lincoln scenes, sites, and monuments from across the United States. The souvenir folders and pamphlets date from the 1920s through mid-century and contain photographs and information on Lincoln’s life and Lincoln sites in Springfield, Illinois. The attached spreadsheet provides a brief description of all postcards. The Zurow collection is housed at the Allen County Public Library, and the postcards may be viewed in Lincoln Library Documents, Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, on the library website at http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/cdm/search/collection/p16089coll38. Catalog records for the souvenir folders and pamphlets listed below can be found in the Allen County Public Library catalog at www.acpl.lib.in.us; the items may also be found and viewed on the Lincoln Financial Foundation (LFFC) website at www.LincolnCollection.org. The miscellaneous card-sized items listed below are available for viewing upon request. All items are housed together in a single postcard box. Souvenir Folders and Pamphlets Lincoln’s Life in Springfield and New Salem, Ill. Historic Springfield, Illinois, “Land of Lincoln”: 14 Views in Natural Color Souvenir Folder of Lincoln’s Tomb, Springfield, Illinois Life of Abraham Lincoln: “From Log Cabin to the White House” Life of Abraham Lincoln, from Log Cabin to the White House The Book of Presidents (1936) Frank Darneille, History of the Lincoln Home (1938) JEAN ZUROW LINCOLN POSTCARD COLLECTION 1 Miscellaneous Items Photograph card of the Lincolns’ home in Springfield, Illinois Admission ticket to the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois, with photograph Color illustration of a Lincoln-Douglas debate Souvenir card of the “Patriotic Service” at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Galesburg, Illinois, with portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Lincoln portrait on dark brown card Springfield, Illinois, transfer decal showing Lincoln sites th 125 Lincoln Birthday Anniversary commemorative envelope with Feb. 12, 1934, postmark Jane E. Gastineau, November 2014 JEAN ZUROW LINCOLN POSTCARD COLLECTION 1 Jean Zurow Lincoln Postcard Collection LFFC Item ID Title Creator Publisher Date Description Series Horizontal, 5.5 x 3.5 inches; embossed; Lincoln portrait with American flag behind; background scene of Lincoln freeing male slave beside a planted field, Lincoln holding Emancipation Proclamation and slave kneeling with shackles ZPC-001 Decoration Day unknown unknown no date and chain broken on the ground Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; Lincoln portrait in center with A. Lincoln beneath, flanked by six American flags ZPC-002 Decoration Day unknown unknown no date with eagle and laurel branches above Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; eagle at center perched on shield reading "Filii Veteranorum" surrounded by red roses and sunburst, five American flags behind with Sons of Veterans seal in center; 1861 1865 above, Sons of Veterans Decoration Day ZPC-003 Sons of Veterans unknown unknown no date and quotation below Series No 1 Open Book Series, 726/5, Horizontal, 5.5 x 3.5 inches; embossed; open book on stand gray ink on back "A house divided Anglo-American Anglo-American in center with Lincoln profile on left page and quotation on with "Printed in ZPC-004 against itself…" Company Company no date right page; surrounded by red roses the U.S.A." Horizontal, 5.5 x 3.5 inches; embossed; open book on stand Open Book Anglo-American Anglo-American in center with Lincoln profile on left page and quotation on Series, 726/2, ZPC-005 "Let us have faith…" Company Company no date right page; surrounded by red roses green ink on back Open Book Series, 726/6, Horizontal, 5.5 x 3.5 inches; embossed; open book on stand gray ink on back "You can have no Anglo-American Anglo-American in center with Lincoln profile on left page and quotation on with "Printed in ZPC-006 oath…" Company Company no date right page; surrounded by red roses the U.S.A." Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; Lincoln taking oath of Series No. 155 Inauguration of Raphael Tuck & office with hand on a bible held by Chief Justice, crowd in "Lincoln's ZPC-007 Abraham Lincoln Raphael Tuck & Sons Sons no date background; surrounded by flag bunting Birthday" Meeting of President Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; Lincoln and Grant Series No. 155 Lincoln and Gen'l Raphael Tuck & shaking hands, onlookers in back of room; flag bunting at "Lincoln's ZPC-008 Grant Raphael Tuck & Sons Sons no date top and bottom Birthday" Zurow Lincoln Postcard Collection_print spreadsheet Page 1 Jean Zurow Lincoln Postcard Collection LFFC Item ID Title Creator Publisher Date Description Series Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; Lincoln standing with arms upraised speaking at Gettysburg to a crowd of Union Series No. 155 Lincoln's Address at Raphael Tuck & soldiers in uniform; cannon balls, flag, and wreath in "Lincoln's ZPC-009 Gettysburg Raphael Tuck & Sons Sons no date foreground; wreaths, flags, and tombstones in background Birthday" Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C., at center with illustrations of Series No. 155 Raphael Tuck & freedpeople attending school and church in the background, "Lincoln's ZPC-010 Emancipation Raphael Tuck & Sons Sons no date flag and wreath in foreground Birthday" Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; Lincoln bust on "He lives in endless Raphael Tuck & pedestal, surrounded by laurel wreath, American flag draped "Decoration Day ZPC-011 fame,…" Raphael Tuck & Sons Sons no date from behind around to front of pedestal Post Cards" Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; Lincoln bust on "Decoration Day "He lives in endless Raphael Tuck & pedestal, surrounded by laurel wreath, American flag draped Post Cards" ZPC-012 fame,…" Raphael Tuck & Sons Sons no date from behind around to front of pedestal Series No. 107 Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; circular Lincoln portrait in black border surrounded by laurel wreath; Lincoln quotation Abraham Lincoln Lincoln's Idea of below; all surrounded by gold and red borders with gold Memorial Post ZPC-013 Christianity M.T. Sheahan M.T. Sheahan no date crosses in upper corners Card, 888 Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; oval Lincoln portrait in center surrounded by gold frame with embossed small dots; White House framed in gold with embossed small dots and flanked The White House…The International Art by star-and-stripes banners and laurel branches above ZPC-014 Log Cabin C. Chapman Publishing Company no date portrait; birthplace log cabin below portrait No. 51658 Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; oval Lincoln portrait in decorative gold frame against pink and ivory striped background; on lower left an eagle behind shield with olive branch in left talons and arrows in right talons, quotation on ZPC-015 Lincoln A.M.P. Company A.M.P. Company no date lower right; card has gold border Series 813 Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; color drawing of Lincoln Monument by August St. Gaudens in in Lincoln Park, Series No. 155 Raphael Tuck & Chicago, Illinois, surrounded by flags and floral wreaths; "Lincoln's ZPC-016 Lincoln Raphael Tuck & Sons Sons no date Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in upper right corner Birthday" Zurow Lincoln Postcard Collection_print spreadsheet Page 2 Jean Zurow Lincoln Postcard Collection LFFC Item ID Title Creator Publisher Date Description Series Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; oval Lincoln portrait framed with laurel branches, eagle perched on stars-and- stripes shield below with flag in background; all on gold ZPC-017 Born 1809 Died 1865 unknown unknown no date background Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; color drawing of Lincoln's Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery surrounded by lilac wreath with red, white, and blue bow with gold; In Decoration Day ZPC-018 In Memoriam unknown unknown no date Memoriam plaque below; all on wood-grain background Series No 1 Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; color drawing of Lincoln Monument by August St. Gaudens in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, surrounded by gold frame with ribbons in upper left; The St. Gaudens International Art laurel wreath and ribbons in upper right; U.S. Capitol ZPC-019 Statue C. Chapman Publishing Company 1908 Building with street and grounds below No. 51658 Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; circular Lincoln profile in gold border with palm branches; Lincoln quotation below with Abraham Lincoln gold border along three sides, facsimile signature at end of Memorial Post ZPC-020 Diligence M.T. Sheahan M.T. Sheahan c1909 quotation Card, 973 Vertical, 3.5 x 5.5 inches; embossed; oval Lincoln portrait "Lincoln" Series Abraham Lincoln, Julius Bien & Julius Bien & surrounded by gold laurel wreath with