Our Collection

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.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia. No. 47. November, 1863

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03588.08 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Auburn, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: November 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w Height: 31 cm, Width: 40 cm Order a Copy

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. A group of tents occupy the foreground with the castle looming in the back. A small gathering of men sit and stand in the immediate foreground.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources