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 man in civilian suit, standing full-length portrait w/ white hat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1185 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.2 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Photographers imprint on verso: "Wm. F. Hunter, Photographer, 282 Fulton St., Brooklyn, Formerly of Broadway, N.Y. Photographs finely finished in Oil. Water colors. India Ink. Small Daguerroertypes, Ambrotypes, &c., copied to Photographs of any size. Views of Churches and Residences taken." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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