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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.

Group of people in front of a large church, New Berne, NC [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1256 Author/Creator: Place Written: New Berne, N.C. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 8.6 x 8.3 cm Order a Copy

Image shows approximately eleven adults and children standing and sitting on a fence in front of a large white wooden church with a tall steeple. Abridged inscription on verso: "Church when the 9 o'clock [cut off] which time all the dark [cut off] the streets, or order of th- [cut off] rung by Color Corp. of [cut off] New Berne NC."

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