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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.

Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) As civilian, 1/2 seated portrait, left profile

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0504 Author/Creator: Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1884 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on recto "Century Nov. 1884, Front Face." Graphite inscription on verso "Gen. Joe Johnson, C.S.A." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Bradry's National Portrait Gallery."

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