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[D.C.-Wash.-Library of Congress - official construction photos: SE corner viewed from N - Aug. 6, 1892] – Antique Photo Print

[D.C.-Wash.-Library of Congress - official construction photos: SE corner viewed from N - Aug. 6, 1892], 1892 Aug. 6. — historic photograph
[D.C.-Wash.-Library of Congress - official construction photos: SE corner viewed from N - Aug. 6, 1892], 1892 Aug. 6.. 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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A view of the southeast corner of the Library of Congress building under construction in Washington, D.C., dated August 6, 1892, on its original caption card. By then the structure had been rising on Capitol Hill for several years, meant to relieve the cramped quarters the Library had long shared in the Capitol. The photograph records the stonework and scaffolding at one corner, a snapshot of progress before the building opened in 1897. Because the date comes from an old caption card that has not been independently checked, it is best read as a working record of the site.

Created / published1892 Aug. 6.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,124 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108558

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