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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.

E. Woodward, Photographer Carte de visite of Captain W.E. Graham, seated 3/4 length portrait with forage cap on table

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1136 Author/Creator: E. Woodward, Photographer Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "W.E. Graham Capt. Co. C 141." Photographers imprint on verso: "E. Woodward, Photographer, No. 1 cor Church and Gay Sts., West Chester. No .........."

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