Original Walnut Stairway - Abraham Lincoln Home - Springfield, Illinois - 1952 Linen Postcard

Front: Original Walnut Stairway, Abraham Lincoln Home Springfield Illinois
Back: "The Abraham Lincoln Home, the only home Lincoln ever owned, is located on the northeast corner of Eighth and Jackson streets. He purchased it in 1844 from the Rev. Charles Dresser, who married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd on November 4, 1842. When Lincoln, the young lawyer, brought the property for $1,500 it was a one and one-half story cottage, built in 1839. To this home on May 2, 1844, he brought his wife and infant son, Robert Todd. The Lincolns had been living at the Globe Tavern, where room and board were four dollars a week. Robert was born on August 1, 1843 and died July 26, 1926. The other three boys were born in the home: Edward Baker (1846-1850), William Wallace (1850-1862), and Thomas, known as 'Tad,' (1853-1871). On May 19, 1860, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln received in the parlors the committee from the Republican national convention which came to officially notify him of his nomination for president."
Condition: Good condition with some writing on the back and a couple small holes in the corners
1952
Unmailed
Color: Hand color
Publisher: Genuine Curteich-Chicago

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