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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.

Unknown [Large open field with a wide forested area in the far background]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06698.06 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [various places] Type: Photograph Date: 1880 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph ; 24.5 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Photograph of a large open field with a wide forested area in the far background.

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