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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.

Keystone View Company Our Answer to the Kaiser -- 3,000 of America's Millions Eager to FIght for Democracy.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.194 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Lines of American soldiers as far as the eye can see, in full uniform with their weapons by their sides.

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