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[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Wall Art

[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] — historic photograph
[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]. 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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[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

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Taken around 1898, this view of the Library of Congress was made only a year or so after the main building opened in 1897. The library had outgrown its rooms in the U.S. Capitol, and Congress authorized a separate building on Capitol Hill to hold its growing collections. The Thomas Jefferson Building, with its stone facade, central dome, and elaborate interior decoration, was one of the most ambitious public buildings in Washington at the time. Photographs from these early years document a new national repository of books, maps, and manuscripts still settling into its home.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1898.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,190 × 6,414 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124204

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