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.

Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait [profile], Hesler [cabinet card]. June 1860 ca.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0632 Author/Creator: Place Written: Springfield, Ill. Type: Photograph Date: 1860/06 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 16.5 x 10.8 cm Order a Copy

Faint graphite inscription on verso: "Taken June 1860 By Alex Hesler at Springfield after the nomination." Printed below image: "Hesler 70 State Street Chicago." Notation on verso: "#2."

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