Our Collection

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.

Woodbury & Page Full length carte de visite view of Javanese girl brushing her hair

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00241.29 Author/Creator: Woodbury & Page Place Written: Java Type: Photograph Date: [n.d.] Pagination: 1 photograph 10 x 6 cm Order a Copy

Imprint of Woodbury & Page, Java, on both recto and verso. Pencil and ink inscription on verso reads: "A Porto Rico Belle."

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