CARL SANDBURG SIGNED LINCOLN STEREOVIEW UNDERWOOD 28016 MASTER CARD AUTOGRAPH For Sale

CARL SANDBURG SIGNED LINCOLN STEREOVIEW UNDERWOOD 28016 MASTER CARD AUTOGRAPH

[This Abraham Lincoln photo (O-103c)was taken in early 1865 by photographer Alexander Gardner, who was well known for his photos of the Civil War and of Lincoln. Lincoln was assassinated in April of that same year.]

[Carl August Sandburg (b.1878-d.1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his massive, six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln, titled Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years, which cemented his reputation as a master historian of Lincoln (Hespent decades researching then later The War Years(1939).]

ITEM DESCRIPTION

RARE HISTORICAL ARTIFACT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN STEREOVIEW HAND-SIGNED BY PULITZER-WINNING BIOGRAPHER CARL SANDBURG

UP FOR SALE IS AN INCREDIBLY RARE PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD HISTORICAL SERIES STEREOVIEW OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CATALOG NUMBER 28016).

THE REVERSE LOWER RIGHT FEATURES THE BOLD, CRISP SIGNATURE OF CARL SANDBURG (FACSIMILE) PRINTED IN VINTAGE BLACK INK.

ARTIFACT HIGHLIGHTS:

• THE SANDBURG CONNECTION: LONG BEFORE WRITING HIS LEGENDARY 6-VOLUME BIOGRAPHY ON LINCOLN, A YOUNG CARL SANDBURG WORKED AS A DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMAN FOR UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD (1901–1907).
• THE MASTER MOUNT VARIANT: THIS SPECIFIC CARD FEATURES A PRECISELY CLIPPED/CHAMFERED TOP CARDBOARD MOUNT. THIS STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION IDENTIFIES IT AS AN OFFICIAL UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD REGIONAL OFFICE INVENTORY MASTER FILE CARD OR A CARD MODIFIED FOR EARLY RESEARCH VIEWER CABINETS.
• THE IMAGE: FRONT FEATURES THE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

CONDITION:

CARDBOARD MOUNT AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT IS INTACT AND SECURELY BONDED. THE TOP CORNERS OF THE CARDBOARD MOUNT ARE CLEANLY AND UNIFORMLY CUT AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE (MANUFACTURING STYLE FOR MASTER FILEUNDERWOOD REGIONAL OFFICEINVENTORY/VIEWING CABINETS). LIGHT EDGE WEAR AND STANDARD VINTAGE AGING APPROPRIATE FOR AN ITEM OVER 110 YEARS OLD. ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED SECURELY IN AN ARCHIVAL-SAFE TOP LOADER.

THIS IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRODUCTION.