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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.

Unidentified soldier, standing full length portrait [tintype]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0498 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 tintype 10.2 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Wearing overcoat and black hat. His left hand rests on the back of a chair.

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