[Three women working at Main Reading Room card catalog in the Library of Congress] / Harris & Ewing. – Antique Print
![[Three women working at Main Reading Room card catalog in the Library of Congress] / Harris & Ewing., [between 1930 and 1950] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6d0ba1fb84aa-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
[Three women working at Main Reading Room card catalog in the Library of Congress] / Harris & Ewing. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
[Three women working at Main Reading Room card catalog in the Library of Congress] / Harris & Ewing.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Three women stand at the card catalog in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress, the wooden cabinets and rows of small drawers that once served as the building's index to its holdings. The photograph is credited to Harris & Ewing, a Washington, D.C., studio that made thousands of pictures of government offices, officials and public buildings, and it is dated only to the years between 1930 and 1950. The Main Reading Room, opened in 1897 in the Thomas Jefferson Building, was among the most celebrated public spaces in the capital, and the catalog it shows was how readers located books before computerized search replaced it.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1950. |
| Subjects | Library of Congress--Facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1950. Interiors--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1950. Libraries--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1950. Card catalogs--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,298 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177326 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Five people working in a reading room(?) of the Library of Congress]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e5/e50387ef23b8-400.webp)
![[Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress under construction]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fe/fe3261964a43-400.webp)
![[Reading Room, Prints Division, Library of Congress]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/37/379230d0ce0a-400.webp)
![[Ethnological heads for the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fe/fe56bd3db6db-400.webp)
![[Stone carvers and cutters' sheds used in the construction of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e3/e3ea9c5d0bba-400.webp)