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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.

Brick path inside Fortress Monroe, Va.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0713 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 9.5 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Man sitting to the left of the road, a boy standing against a tree, and two men and a boy sitting in the left middleground. "Ghost" image on far right--standing man [an effect that ocurred when a person was moving while the picture was being taken] with notations inscribed in top right corner. Incription on verso: "Avenue inside Fortress Monroe." Numeric notation on verso: "77."

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