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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan of first story], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan of first story], 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 ink and graphite plan of the first floor of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is a rare chance to see how a national library arranged its public and working spaces on a single level. Its record places it among the library's architecture and design drawings, and the reference copy suggests it served as a working document for staff and researchers. The Library began in the Capitol in 1800 and later outgrew those quarters, so plans like this one reflect an institution reorganizing itself as its collections expanded. Such drawings are worth studying for how they lay out circulation, reading rooms and storage on one floor.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
GenreReference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,116 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138068

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