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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.

Strohmeyer & Wyman Chaplain Brown of the "Rough Riders" preaching to the Regiment.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06449.08 Author/Creator: Strohmeyer & Wyman Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1898 Pagination: Stereoview. Order a Copy

The men sit on the ground amidst scrubby, semi-tropical plants. The picture is shot as though from the congregation, so that the preacher and officers stand in the background.

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