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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.

Abraham Lincoln [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1234 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 8.9 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy

Image of Abraham Lincoln seated and looking directly at the camera. Inscription on image: "1861 The War For the Union. 1865" Inscription on verso: "This view is not a fair sample of the war views. The 'negative' is very poor . . . ." followed by a brief description of the quality of the image and explanation of the series of images. Additional inscription on verso: "LCH." Numeric notations on verso: "110?," "3.00," and "9/23/47."

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