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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.

[U.S. Navy band]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04546.137 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1900 ca. Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 11 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

The sailors prepare for a hoe-down.

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