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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.

Unknown Mrs. Lincoln in white gown, full length view

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0059 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 8.7 x 6 cm Order a Copy

Unmounted. Full length seated view of Mary Lincoln in a ball gown. She holds a bouquet in her left hand. An arrangement of flowers attached to her bodice trails down the side of her gown.

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

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