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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.

Unknown [Photo of unidentified woman in black dress]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02171.11 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

Carte de visite of a woman. Inscription on the enclosure suggests it may be Alice Oliphant.

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