[Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, bookstacks area] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, bookstacks area], [between 1920 and 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/34/346f298b4f47-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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[Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, bookstacks area] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, bookstacks area]
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The Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, which opened in 1897 on Capitol Hill, was built to house the nation's book collection in a showpiece of Beaux-Arts design, and its interior bookstacks were among the most closely watched spaces in the building. This view, catalogued by the Library of Congress from a 1920s Underwood & Underwood photograph, shows the working area behind the public reading rooms, where iron shelving and the staff who moved volumes through it kept the collection in use. Underwood & Underwood was a large commercial studio of the period, known for press and stock views, so the picture reflects the way the institution wanted its library presented to a wide audience.
| Created / published | [between 1920 and 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Underwood & Underwood photo. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179548 |
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