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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.

[Mourning ribbon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05502 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 ribbon Height: 42 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

The ribbon is made of gathered black cloth and is tied with white ribbon in the center. A small lace rondelle with a portrait of president Lincoln is found in the center, below the white ribbon.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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