Our Collection

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.

John Wilkes Booth seated view holding riding crop between his legs

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0123 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.9 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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