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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation] – Historic Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation], 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 rare historic drawing captures [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Rather than showing the building as a visitor would see it, this ink drawing offers a flat side elevation, a straight-on profile that records height, window spacing and wall detailing without perspective. Architects and builders relied on sheets like this to plan construction and check proportions before work began. The Library of Congress grew out of a small congressional collection, and its first purpose-built home, the Jefferson Building on Capitol Hill, opened in 1897 after Congress authorized it in 1886. Drawings of this kind document the design intentions behind the Library's buildings.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
GenreReference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 774 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138067

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