[Library of Congress (National Library") Washington D.C. Section – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. 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: [Library of Congress (National Library") Washington D.C. Section, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Labeled as a section, this design shows the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., as a cut-away view of its interior layers rather than its street facade. The catalog gives the style as German Renaissance, but the library's main building, the Jefferson Building completed in 1897, draws mainly on Italian Renaissance and Beaux-Arts models, so that label deserves caution. Architects used sectional drawings like this to show how floors, reading rooms, and book stacks fit within a large masonry structure. The record offers little about its maker or exact date, so it is best read as a document of the building's planning.
| Created / published | 2002711904 |
|---|---|
| Medium | German Renaissance]" |
| Genre | Design |
| Notes | ADE - UNIT 2445, no. 13 (C size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) |
| Subjects | For information see Architecture |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,117 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138025 |
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