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.

[Abraham Lincoln, cabinet card, standing full length view]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.32 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1815-1860 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 15.3 cm, Width: 9.6 cm Order a Copy

White mount. Standing, full length view of Lincoln with hands clasped in front. Photo from engraving.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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