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Library of Congress. Congressional Reading rooms. House of Representatives Reading Room – Vintage Wall Art

Library of Congress. Congressional Reading rooms. House of Representatives Reading Room, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Library of Congress. Congressional Reading rooms. House of Representatives Reading Room, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph 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 rare historic photograph captures Library of Congress. Congressional Reading rooms. House of Representatives Reading Room in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This photograph shows the House of Representatives Reading Room, one of the Library of Congress's reading rooms set aside for members of Congress rather than the general public. Its caption card records no date, so the view can only be placed within the Library's long service to Congress, which dates to the early 1800s. The print was made by Harris & Ewing, a Washington studio known for documenting government offices, officials, and political life in the early twentieth century. Viewers interested in how lawmakers consulted books and reference materials will find the room's furnishings and layout a useful record of the working spaces available to them.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto by Harris & Ewing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Libraries; Congress, U.S.; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,223 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140729

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