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[South corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[South corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[South corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.], [between 1905 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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[South corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[South corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

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Taken for the Detroit Publishing Company, this view shows a long passageway inside the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., a building that opened in 1897 and was known for its ornate Beaux-Arts interiors. The photographer used an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate, a large format that captured fine detail in the marble, columns and receding corridor. Detroit Publishing photographers traveled widely across the United States in the early 1900s, documenting cities, landmarks and scenery for commercial sale. The negative was given to the Library of Congress in 1949 by the State Historical Society of Colorado, which helps explain how such a fragile record survived.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 8113" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039988. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLibraries. Passageways.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan800 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69385

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