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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.

Hide and Fat Depot

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1306 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Image shows large pile of animal parts in foreground, with two men, a tent, and an unfinished building in the background. Graphite inscription on verso "17" "2.00--." Ink inscription on verso "Hide & Fat Depot of the Armies of the Potomac & James at Cedar Level, Va." "2527." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

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