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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.

Gettysburg Single-story house with two cannon in the front yard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1328 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 6.4 x 9.9 cm Order a Copy

Image shows a stone house with two cannon in the front yard. On the right edge of the photo are two tombstones, one of which has the name "Knapp" engraved upon it.

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