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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Floor plan] – Historic Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Floor plan], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Floor plan], 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 floor plan is drawn in ink and graphite on linen, a durable support that architects and engineers used for working drawings meant to be copied and handled often. It documents the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., whose main building, now called the Thomas Jefferson Building, opened to readers in 1897 after years of construction. Plans like this one show how the rooms, reading areas, and book stacks were arranged, which helps explain how a building designed for a growing national collection was meant to function. The record does not specify the floor or the date of this sheet, so its exact place in the building's design history is best checked against the Architectural and Engineering drawings in the Prints and Photographs Division.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and graphite on linen.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,298 × 5,061 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138014

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