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.

Market Square at Norfolk, Va [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1201 Author/Creator: Place Written: Norfolk, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 8.9 x 8.6 cm Order a Copy

Image of a large outdoor market, with twenty three tent stalls. Graphite inscription on verso: "Market Square Norfolk Va." Numeric notation on verso: "376."

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