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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.

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Platinum print by Alexander Hesler & George P. Ayres, image from 1860 with flyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04698 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1860/06, 1881 Pagination: 1 photograph + flyer 25.3 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Blind copyright stamp of Ayres dated 1881. Accompanied by a Ayres promotional flyer which notes: "I have two negatives. [....] These were taken at Springfield Ill. in June 1860 immediately after Mr. Lincoln's nomination to the Presidency."

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