Lincoln Birthday Event

[Joe Di Cola]

(02-12-2019 07:24 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 04:14 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Cool - can you tell us when they were published?

Yes, please do tell the age. They remind me of clippings from the early-1900s. I love the tell-tale signs of tape or glue.

Laurie,

When I was a kid (it's been a few years ago!), the Chicago Tribune re-printed/printed Lincoln "cartoons" on the front page on February 12. In those days both Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays were celebrated on separate days. When I began my Lincoln journey at age 10, I kept scrap books into which I placed any and all Lincoln-related newspaper and magazine items--including the Parrish and McCutcheon cartoons. I still have those scrapbooks and go through the first one every February 12. And on that day I always watch the film based on Robert Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Abe Lincoln in Illinois." Sherwood was also one of FDR's speechwriters.

Nowadays, no one seems to care except for us Lincoln "nerds." Hope this finds you well.

Joe