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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.

Duboce, Marcel "Stereoscopic view of Lincoln's Tomb, Negative No.1, Oak Ridge Cemetery"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.47 Author/Creator: Duboce, Marcel Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 9.5 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy

Yellow mount. View of Lincoln's tomb surrounded by trees.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

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