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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.

Group portrait of six men, two as major generals, others in civilian suits

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1343 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 6.2 x 9.9 cm Order a Copy

Five of the men are seated, one is standing. Photographers imprint on verso: "Bradley & Rulofson, Corner Montgomery and Sacramento Sts., San Francisco. Depot of Patent Enamel Card Pictures. Additional copies may be ha... this negative." Cancelled orange two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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