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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.

Charles D. Fredricks & Co. John Wilkes Booth seated view with chin resting on right hand

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0125 Author/Creator: Charles D. Fredricks & Co. Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.7 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "C.D. Fredricks & Co. N.Y." Ink inscription on verso "Booth, John Wilkes." Photographers imprint on verso: "C.D. Fredricks & Co. 587 Broadway New York 108 Calle de la Habana Habana 31 Passage du Havre Paris."

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