The Library of Congress, Washington – Vintage Wall Art
(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 historic print of The Library of Congress, Washington brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Library of Congress, Washington
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The west facade shown here belongs to the Library of Congress's Jefferson Building in Washington, which opened in 1897 as the nation's first building dedicated to the library. Its ornate Beaux-Arts stonework, with sculpture and classical detail, was meant to show the young republic's cultural ambitions. This color view was made by the Detroit Photographic Company using the photochrom process, which built up color from several stone lithographic plates over a photographic base. The method gave the building's pale stone warm, painterly tones that black-and-white photographs could not capture.
| Created / published | c. 1900 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photomechanical print mounted on black paper, photochrom, color, image 43 x 53 cm. |
| Notes | West facade. Detroit Photographic Co |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225390 |
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