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.

Tintype bust view of John Wilkes Booth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0116 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.1 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Tintype image surrounded by embossed frame-like design.

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