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[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery] – Antique Photo Print

[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery], 1958 — historic photograph
[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery], 1958. Historic photograph 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 photograph captures [Library of Congress interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery] in remarkable detail. 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 interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery]

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Few rooms in the Jefferson Building are as far from the public reading rooms as East Machinery Room 2, which the Library's Office of Buildings and Grounds photographed in 1958. The picture shows the mechanical equipment that kept the building running behind its ornate marble halls, which opened in 1897 as the Library of Congress's first home of its own. The caption card's subject tracings also list floors, building stone and shelving, a reminder that upkeep in a building this size involved masonry and storage as well as machinery. Its plain, working character offers a useful contrast with the decorated spaces the building is known for.

Created / published1958
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotoprint by L.C. Office of Buildings & Grounds. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Floors--Maintenance...; Machinery; DC, Wash.--LC Int.; DC, Wash.--LC Annexes; Building stones; Machinery; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,210 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-106562

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