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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.

[Full length portrait two navy sailors and another man]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04546.134 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1900 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 16.9 cm, Width: 10.7 cm Order a Copy

Two sailors in uniform pose standing, while a third man sits in civilian clothes.

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