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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. First story plan, A series] – Historic Reproduction

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. First story plan, A series], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. First story plan, A series], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

(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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This drawing records the first-story plan of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., showing how the ground-floor spaces were laid out on paper before construction. The ink and gouache rendering gives the sheet a finished, presentation quality, typical of architectural work meant to win approval from officials and builders. The Library's landmark building on Capitol Hill, which opened in 1897 after years of planning, was designed to house a national collection in a grand Beaux-Arts setting. Plans like this one show how public rooms, stairs and reading areas were arranged to serve that purpose.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and gouache on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,450 × 5,135 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134619

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