Library of Congress, Card Division, general view – Antique Wall Art
![Library of Congress, Card Division, general view, [between 1900 and 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2c33ed8077a3-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Library of Congress, Card Division, general view, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Library of Congress, Card Division, general view
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The Library of Congress's Card Division was the office that produced and distributed catalog cards to libraries across the country, a service that let smaller libraries order standardized records rather than cataloging every book themselves. This general view shows the working interior of that operation in the years between roughly 1900 and 1930, when the Library was expanding its role as a national bibliographic center. The record gives no photographer or exact date, but the scene reflects the period's dependence on rows of desks, filing cabinets and manual card handling. Pictures like this one document how a centralized cataloging system was built by hand.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,234 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148189 |
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