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.

5-man crew boat with pier and sailboats in the background

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0944 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.7 x 6.0 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on verso "Champion Boat Crew of Naval Academy. Champion flag presented by Miss Porter in June 1867" Photographers imprint on verso: "W. M. Chase Stereographer, D. Bachrach, Photographer. U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD."

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