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.

View in Petersburg, Va

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.055 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "View in Petersburg, Va., north-east side, showing the effect of shot and shell." Shows a house with corner of the roof and two walls knocked out.

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