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.

Walker, Lewis E., 1823-1880 [Abraham Lincoln, stereocard, seated bust portrait]

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.50 Author/Creator: Walker, Lewis E., 1823-1880 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: February 1865 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Gray mount. Numbered "H59" and "28016 Abraham Lincoln" on recto. Seated bust portrait of Lincoln with spiky haircut. Modern photograph of E. & H. T. Anthony stereocard. [O-103 C and D].

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

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources