Karen Warrick and Norman Rockwell's 'Lincoln the Railsplitte'

The Norman Rockwell art exhibit at the MAC has a local angle. Karen Warrick of Spokane contributed items from her father’s time as CEO of Lincoln First Federal Savings and Loans to the exhibit, which continues through Jan. 12. One of the items is a Rockwell painting, "Lincoln the Railsplitte," that her father commissioned for the bank's lobby.

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Wed., Nov. 6, 2019

Karen Warrick stands next to a photo of painter Norman Rockwell painting a portrait of Abraham Lincoln which became “Lincoln the Railsplitter,” the painting that hung in her father’s bank, Lincoln Federal Savings. A collection and a reproduction of Rockwell’s painting are on display at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture as part of a Rockwell exhibit. Photographed Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.

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Karen Warrick stands next to a collection of her family’s memorabilia about her father, Donald P. Lindsay and his commission of Norman Rockwell to paint a portrait of Abraham Lincoln which became “Lincoln the Railsplitter”, the painting that hung in Lindsay’s bank, Lincoln Federal Savings. The collection and a reproduction of Rockwell’s painting are on display at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture as part of a Rockwell exhibit. Photographed Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.

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A square metal bank, a souvenir given out to customers of Lincoln Mutual Savings Bank, later Lincoln Federal Savings Bank, when they opened an account bears a likeness to the Normal Rockwell painting “Lincoln the Railsplitter” which the bank, via president Donald P. Lindsay, commissioned in the 1960s. Other souvenir banks include copper busts of the sixteenth president. Photographed Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

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A family snapshot belonging to Karen Warrick shows her father, Don Lindsay at left, with friends John and Nora Reddy, second and third from left, and mother Patricia Lindsay, second from right, with Molly and Norman Rockwell at their Massachusetts home in the 1960s. Donald Lindsay, president of Lincoln Federal Savings, commissioned Rockwell for a painting that hung in the bank and became friends.

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Karen Warrick stands next to a collection of her family’s memorabilia about her father, Donald P. Lindsay, and his commission of Norman Rockwell to paint a portrait of Abraham Lincoln which became “Lincoln the Railsplitter.” The painting hung in Lindsay’s business, Lincoln First Federal Savings and Loan. The collection and a reproduction of Rockwell’s painting are on display at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane as part of a Rockwell exhibit. Photographed Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.

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