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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.

Cabinet photograph of Andrew Johnson, signed on mount

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00763 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 16 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Background and clothing have been painted. Seated portrait.

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