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Front elevation architectural drawing of a monumental library building – Vintage Photo Print

Front elevation architectural drawing of a monumental library building — historic drawing
Front elevation architectural drawing of a monumental library building. Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Front elevation architectural drawing of a monumental library building, preserved in this historic drawing. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Front elevation architectural drawing of a monumental library building

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Drawn as a flat, measured view with no perspective, this front elevation lays out the entire face of a monumental library so that every column, window bay, and cornice can be checked against its neighbors. The building it most likely depicts is the Thomas Jefferson Building on Capitol Hill, designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and opened in 1897. Drawings like this fixed proportions before construction began, and this one reflects the Beaux-Arts ambition of the period to give American public institutions the grandeur of European palaces.

Original scan1,536 × 706 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123776

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