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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.

Photo Americano: The Souro Photograph of George Cables, as 1st lieutenant, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1127 Author/Creator: Photo Americano: The Souro Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.1 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Miss Munro." Ink inscription on verso "Compliments of Your friend George Cables" Photographers imprint on verso: "Photo Americano The Souro Velho No. 15."

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