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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section north and south thru west front, A series] – Historic Reproduction

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section north and south thru west front, A series], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section north and south thru west front, A series], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress 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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This rare historic drawing captures [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section north and south thru west front, A series] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This ink-and-gouache section drawing cuts north to south through the west front of the Library of Congress, showing the building's walls, floors, and interior spaces as a single slice rather than as an exterior view. It belongs to the Library's architectural and engineering drawings, which record how the structure was planned and built. The Library's main building, now called the Thomas Jefferson Building, was designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and completed in 1897 in the Beaux-Arts style. Sections like this one show how its ornate public rooms were tied to the heavy masonry around them, which is worth noticing when comparing the drawing with photographs of the finished building.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and gouache on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,220 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134597

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