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[View of the Library of Congress from the Capitol grounds] – Antique Photo Print

[View of the Library of Congress from the Capitol grounds] — historic photograph
[View of the Library of Congress from the Capitol grounds]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [View of the Library of Congress from the Capitol grounds]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[View of the Library of Congress from the Capitol grounds]

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The view looks across the Capitol grounds toward the Library of Congress, which was then newly housed in its own building on the east side of the Capitol, a structure that had opened to readers only a few years earlier. The record dates the print to November 20, 1894, a time when the Library's grand Italian Renaissance-style building was still a fresh addition to Washington's skyline. Photographs like this one were often made for public interest and for government records, so they capture how the young building sat among the landscaped Capitol grounds. Its quiet domes and stone facade still reward a close look.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1894 Nov. 20.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: DC, Wash.--Library of Congress--1894; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,299 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-135972

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