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[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Plan and sections]" – Historic Reproduction

[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Plan and sections]", [1880] — historic drawing
[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Plan and sections]", [1880]. Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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This drawing is a set of architectural plans and sections for the Library of Congress, then commonly called the Congressional Library, in Washington, D.C. In 1880 the library's collection was still housed in the U.S. Capitol, so the plans document a building that was being designed to give the growing collection a home of its own. Plans and cross-sections like these show how floors, rooms, and structural elements were laid out on paper before construction. The library moved into its separate Jefferson Building in 1897, and drawings from this period record the planning that led to it.

Created / published[1880]
MediumADE - UNIT 2450, no. 1 (E size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Genreand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan1,536 × 1,316 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138015

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