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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section thru center of reading room] – Vintage Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section thru center of reading room], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section thru center of reading room], 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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Step back in time with [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Section thru center of reading room], a historic drawing rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A cross-section cut through the middle of the room shows how the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building was meant to work, with its height, galleries, and desks laid out in one view. The room opened in 1897 as the library's public reading space, and its eight-sided plan under a tall iron-and-glass dome was designed to let readers and staff see across the whole floor. Drawings like this one were used to plan construction and to explain the building's structure. The mix of graphite, ink, watercolor, and color pencil shows the drafting and presentation work that went into a building of this scale.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : graphite, ink, watercolor and color pencil on paper.
GenreReference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,273 × 5,062 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138052

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