Library of Congress, Wash., D.C. – Vintage Wall Art
(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, Wash., D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Library of Congress, Wash., D.C.
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The record names the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., though the title comes from caption data the Bain News Service supplied and has not been independently verified, so the exact vantage point is unknown. The Library began in 1800 as a reference collection for Congress housed in the Capitol, and it grew into the national library we know today. Its main building, the Jefferson Building, opened in 1897 and remains one of the city's most ornate Beaux-Arts landmarks. The picture comes from the Bain collection of glass negatives, made by a New York news photo agency that supplied images to newspapers in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 7,041 × 5,430 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-2721 |
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