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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Picture from abraham lincoln to Allen Francis

« on: March 13, 2012, 10:17:10 pm »

thanks for the ideas! it is sewn in silk not painted. all the outlining thread is in gold.   

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Picture from abraham lincoln to Allen Francis

« on: March 13, 2012, 05:54:23 pm »

here is the note and half piece of LIFE that came with it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Picture from abraham lincoln to Allen Francis

« on: March 13, 2012, 05:52:11 pm »

ok i took pictures of the back of the picture... the framing deffinatly looks like it is old as dirt.

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Antique Questions Forum / Picture from abraham lincoln to Allen Francis

« on: March 13, 2012, 04:15:08 pm »

I have a friend who recently bought this at a estate sale. It seems to be in totally original condition.  anyway there is two pieces of paper with it. one is a half of a page of March 2, 1959 Life Magazine explaining who Allen Francis is. the page can also be found online at http://books.google.com/books?id=jkkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=allen+francis+abraham+lincolns+neighbor+life&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h8JfT4WgOMGtgwej3JCLCA&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=allen%20francis%20abraham%20lincolns%20neighbor%20life&f=false   


The other piece of paper says that the picture was given to Allen Francis from abraham lincoln and was hung at the parliament "Victoria British Columbia".

The picture is made of silk and seems to be really intricate.   
I dont really know anything about it.. i looked up allen francis and he was apparenttly a friend of Abraham Lincoln and his brother was Simeon Francis and together they owned the Sangamo journal.

any information would be great!! thanks