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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.

Quarters 10th Regt., U.S. Colored troops, Va

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.111 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Label on side reads: "C. M. Loomis, New Haven, Dealer in Stereoscopic Goods" Winter Quarters comprised of wooden cabins with tents stretched over the roofs. A few soldiers pose near the foremost cabin. Shows Ft. Brady in the distance.

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