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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.

Unknown A. Johnson's tailor shop, with man standing on wooden walkway in foreground

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0973 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 8.6 x 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Sign on the building reads, "A. Johnson Tailor." Graphite inscription on verso "Audren Johnson." Ink inscription on recto "Johnson's Cabin." Ink inscription on verso "S 260" "Johnson's Cabin."

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