Library of Congress, Music Division. Coolidge Auditorium plaque commemorating Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge – Historic Print
![Library of Congress, Music Division. Coolidge Auditorium plaque commemorating Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, [between 1925 and 1940] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/63/630a6c5bd228-L.webp)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Library of Congress, Music Division. Coolidge Auditorium plaque commemorating Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Library of Congress, Music Division. Coolidge Auditorium plaque commemorating Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
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Few parts of the Thomas Jefferson Building are as specific as this bronze plaque in the Coolidge Auditorium, which honors Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864-1953). A chamber music patron, she financed the auditorium, which opened within the library in 1925 as a concert hall for chamber music. The plaque reflects the decorative bas-relief style of the Jefferson Building's interior, where sculpture and ornament were built into the architecture. This photograph, made sometime between 1925 and 1940, records the commemorative detail as the building was still new.
| Created / published | [between 1925 and 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1940. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague,--1864-1953--Commemoration. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building (Washington, D.C.)--Facilities--1880-1940. Plaques--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1940. Bas-reliefs--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1940. Architectural decorations & ornaments--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,174 × 5,118 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-211207 |
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