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.

Unidentified lieutenant commander, seated with hands in lap

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0962 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.0 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Photographers imprint on verso: "E. M. Douglass Artist 324 Fulton St. Brooklyn."

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