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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.

Currier & Ives Grand banner of the radical democracy, for 1864.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00491 Author/Creator: Currier & Ives Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 lithograph : col. ; 43 x 34.4 cm. Order a Copy

1864 presidential election print for General John C. Fremont and General John Cochrane as third party candidates. Fremont was nominated by the radical Republicans. Bust portraits of both candidate circled by wreaths. Background adorned with patriotic symbols of American flags and an eagle.

Currier & Ives, fl. 1857-1907
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Cochrane, John, 1813-1898

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