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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.

Ward, J.Q.A. Photograph: Quadriga, designed by Ward, mounted on the Dewey Arch.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.280 Author/Creator: Ward, J.Q.A. Place Written: [New York, NY] Type: Photograph Date: [1899 ca.] Pagination: 1 p. 16.2 cm x 23.2 cm Order a Copy

Features angel holding a wreath and palm branch and standing on a smallboat, and five horses surrounded by water and mounted by men.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Dewey, George, 1837-1917

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