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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.

Fitchburg Railroad Company View South from office window Fitchburg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05235.12.01 Author/Creator: Fitchburg Railroad Company Place Written: Fitchburg, Mass. Type: Photograph Date: 1893 ca. Pagination: 1 cyanotype ; 12 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Fitchburg, Mass." Identical to GLC05235.12.02. A large church steeple is visible in the left middle-ground of the image. Roundhouse and long rectangular building in the foreground of the image. Prosperous looking town with many large, well kept buildings. Taken from upper story of building.

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