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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.

[carte de visite, full length standing portrait in military dress]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.36 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: Height: 11.3 cm, Width: 7.2 cm Order a Copy

White mount with gold border. Full length standing portrait in military dress with sword. Backdrop depicts a painted camp scene.

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