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[Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Second story showing third tier of alcoves] – Vintage Wall Art

[Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Second story showing third tier of alcoves], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Second story showing third tier of alcoves], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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A window into the past: [Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Second story showing third tier of alcoves], preserved in this historic drawing. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This ink and watercolor drawing is a plan of the second story of the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building, showing the third tier of alcoves, the open bookstack galleries that rose in stacked levels around the library's central spaces. Its scale of 1/16 inch to one foot shows how carefully the architects planned the shelving to fit the building's ornate interior. The Jefferson Building opened in 1897 to relieve the crowded quarters the library had outgrown in the U.S. Capitol, so drawings like this one record how the new structure was meant to hold a rapidly expanding national collection.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing on paper : ink and watercolor.
GenreInscription: Plan of second story showing third tier of alcoves" ; "Scale 1/16 in. = one foot" ; "Samuel Sloan
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,269 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-196267

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