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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.

The New Orleans Photographic Co. Carte de visite [Unidentified]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06358.09 Author/Creator: The New Orleans Photographic Co. Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: 1864/05/12 Pagination: 1 vignette ; 10.2 cm. x 6.1 cm. White mount with gold border. Order a Copy

New Orleans Photographic Co. imprint and orange two-cent tax stamp on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "May 12 1865." Pencil inscription on verso: "16369." Bust portrait in uniform.

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