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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Gibson, Randall Lee (1832-1892) Tintype standing portrait, wearing regulation CSA frock coat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05253 Author/Creator: Gibson, Randall Lee (1832-1892) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca.?? Pagination: 1 photograph 11.8 x 9.3 cm Order a Copy

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