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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.

Rear view of procession of mounted soldiers.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.55 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cuba Type: Photograph Date: 1898 ca. Pagination: 1 albumen ; 12.5 x 10 cm. Order a Copy

Truce flag visible in center of image. Ink applied to lower right corner of photograph.

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