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.

Carpenter & Mullen Magnolia Gallery Carte de visite [Gibson family]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.078 Author/Creator: Carpenter & Mullen Magnolia Gallery Place Written: Lexington, KY Type: Photograph Date: September 1866 Pagination: 1 albumen ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm. Order a Copy

Image of McKinley Gibson, Louisiana Hart Gibson, Maria (Ridie) Tevis, and Margaret Howard Preston playing backgammon. The circular pattern on Ms. Preston's dress has been drawn with ink.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

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