Identifier: abrahamlincolnsces1linc (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln's cabinet
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 United States. War Department Cabinet officers
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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From the Lincoln National Life Foundation Front view of the bald-headed Lincoln believedto have been sculptured by a Canadian artist.
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From the Lincoln National Life Foundation Rear view of the bald-headed Lincoln whichwas acquired in a gift shop in Port Arthur,Ontario. The Bald Headed Lincoln One of the novelty items among theFoundations recent acquisitions is aplaster head of Lincoln revealing abald spot. This interesting item waspresented to the Foundation byMichael Grubnick, West BearskinLake, Gun Flint Trail, Grand Marais,Minnesota who found it in a gift shopin Port Arthur, Ontario. So far, allefforts to discover the name of theCanadian sculptor have proved futile.Needless to state, this item of Lincolnsculpture has become a conversationpiece as Lincoln had a fine head ofhair without the slightest sign of abald spot. Gutta Percha Vase Gutta-percha is defined as a whitish-to-brown substance resembling rubberbut containing more resin and chang-ing less on vulcanization than the latexof several Malaysian trees of the sap-odilla family. Despite its complicateddescription it became an importantsubstance for the manuf

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