[Publib] Mary Todd Lincoln in cardboard

[Fred Beisser]

With the technology available today, why don't you just make a life-size 
figure from an old photograph. For sure there is a shop near you where 
this could be done at a reasonable price.....in 1992 someone made a 
similar thing from an old photograph from my childhood...still have it 
as a matter of fact.

Fred Beisser
Trustee
www.elbertcountylibrary.org
(Colorado)

John Richmond wrote:
> I've moved on from obsessing about the governor of Illinois to
> obsessing about more important things.  I guess.  Some months ago we
> acquired a life-size cardboard figure of Honest Abe.  He moves around
> the library, mysteriously donned a Santa Claus hat in December, is a
> helpful marker for flyers or other info that we want people to find in
> any given location in the building, and gives only one staff member
> the creeps when she comes in to empty the book drop during holiday
> closings, etc.  Minimal psychological damage.
>
> As 2009 is the 200th anniversary of AL's birthday, I have been looking
> for a cardboard figure of Mary Todd to go with Abe.  I have looked
> everywhere--well, almost everywhere; I may have missed *some* internet
> site--that I can find life-size cardboard figures for sale.  Lots of
> Abes, no Marys.  I wonder if any of my colleagues in IL or in other
> states have esoteric knowledge of little known manufacturers of
> cardboard figures, or of companies that might custom-produce cardboard
> figures.  I'm thinking that people might've, say, celebrated a local
> or regional figure in their own state's history, and have commissioned
> a cardboard person.
>
> Potentially a weird question, I know, but then, we live in weird
> times.  (See passing reference to the governor of IL, above...among
> other reasons for weirdness in our time.)  And it doesn't seem right
> that poor Abe should be alone on his birthday, and beyond.
>
> Thanks.  All enlightenment and/or suggestions welcome.
>
> John Richmond, Director
> Alpha Park PLD
> 3527 S. Airport Road
> Bartonville, IL 61607
> jdr1952 at gmail.com or jrichmond at alphapark.org
>
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