Library of Congress – Antique Wall Art
![Library of Congress, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/11/117e8f173703-L.webp)
(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 historic photograph of Library of Congress brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Library of Congress began in 1800 as a reference collection for members of Congress, housed in the U.S. Capitol. British forces burned the Capitol in 1814, destroying most of that collection, and Thomas Jefferson sold his own library of about 6,500 volumes to Congress to restart it. The institution outgrew the Capitol and moved into its own monumental building nearby, which opened in 1897 and remains one of the most recognizable landmarks on Capitol Hill. The date of this view is not recorded, but its subject traces a national library that grew from a lawmakers' shelf into one of the largest libraries in the world.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,226 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158538 |
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