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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.

Portrait photo of General Nelson Miles USA [cabinet card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1359 Author/Creator: Place Written: [New York] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 16.5 x 10.8 cm Order a Copy

The image shows General Miles in profile. He is wearing a civilian suit and is looking to his right of the camera. Inscriptions on recto: "Pach Bro's 841 B'way, N.Y." and "SA." Inscription on verso: "[struck: Crook] Nelson Miles."

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