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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.

View of Cedar Mountain, Va. [split stereocard?]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1182 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cedar Mountain, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 7.6 x 8.3 cm Order a Copy

Image of six men, probably all soldiers, lounging under trees which serve to frame a vista of Cedar Mountain VA. Graphite inscription on verso: "Field of Cedar Mountain. (?) view. Send to Mr. Meserve. Cedar Mountain." Numeric notation on verso: "249."

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