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.

C.M. Bell Photographic Studio [Chester A. Arthur]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05600 Author/Creator: C.M. Bell Photographic Studio Place Written: Washington Type: Photograph signed Date: 1882 Pagination: 1 cabinet card ; 16.4 x 10.7 cm. Order a Copy

Arthur with sideburn and mustache. Signed on mount.

Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886

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