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Justices' Library, U.S. Supreme Court building – Antique Photo Print

Justices' Library, U.S. Supreme Court building — historic photograph
Justices' Library, U.S. Supreme Court building. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Justices' Library, U.S. Supreme Court building comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Justices' Library, U.S. Supreme Court building

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The Justices' Library sits inside the U.S. Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill, the marble headquarters that opened in 1935 after the Court spent its first century and a half in the Capitol. The photograph was made by Harris & Ewing, a Washington studio known for documenting government offices and interiors. The record dates it to about 1950, though that date comes from an older caption card and has not been verified. Look at the rows of shelving and the reading tables, which show how the room was built for long hours of legal research.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesca. 1950.
SubjectsPhoto by Harris & Ewing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Libraries; DC, Washington--Bldgs., US Government; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,245 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137450

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