ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE Guidebook 1941

CONTENTS

Cover

THE COVER

Abraham Lincoln, the man, and the environment and conditions attending his birth are symbolized in the cover. The ink line drawing of the cabin is a faithful reproduction of the traditional Lincoln birthplace cabin, the one now preserved in the Memorial Building at Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park. The seated figure is a photographic reproduction of the Lincoln statute in the town square of Hodgenville, 3 miles distant from the birthplace. This striking image of the man is the work of A. A. Weinmann, a pupil of St. Gaudens, and was pronounced by Robert Todd Lincoln to be a "noble statue" of his father.

Artist's conception of the early appearance of the Lincoln Birthplace Cabin and its setting.

1941	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTOF THE INTERIOR HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • NEWTON B. DRURY, Director