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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 The President's Funeral Car Approaching New York from Jersey City, View of the Funeral Car, and Interior of the President's Funeral Car, with the Coffin and Guard of Honor

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09118.45 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York Type: Sketch Date: 13 May 1865 Pagination: 3 sketches : B&W ; 28 x 41.5 cm. Order a Copy

From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

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