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Libraryof Congress Annex Building – Antique Photo Print

Libraryof Congress Annex Building — historic image
Libraryof Congress Annex Building. Historic image from the Books & Writers collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Libraryof Congress Annex Building, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Set across Independence Avenue from the Jefferson Building, this Annex was built to relieve the Library of Congress's crowded stacks, which had outgrown their original home by the late 1920s. Construction stretched through the Depression, and the building opened in 1939 to hold a growing collection of books, manuscripts, and periodicals. Its restrained limestone classicism contrasts with the ornate Jefferson Building, a visible sign of how much the library's holdings had expanded in four decades.

Original scan1,465 × 1,167 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217744

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