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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 The East Room of the White House arranged for the State Dinner to Prince Henry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06449.20 Author/Creator: Strohmeyer & Wyman Place Written: Washington D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1902/02/24 Pagination: Stereoview. An explanation appears on the back. Publisher's number 8174. Order a Copy

Lighted chandeliers, lavishly decorated tables, and garland-draped pillars and ceilings in the empty East Room.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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