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Library of Congress, Periodicals reading room, general view – Historic Reproduction

Library of Congress, Periodicals reading room, general view, [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
Library of Congress, Periodicals reading room, general view, [between 1910 and 1930]. Historic photograph from the Library of Congress collection.

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The Periodicals reading room is shown here in a general view, a wide look at the room and its furnishings rather than a close study of any one feature. Taken sometime between 1910 and 1930, it captures a period when the Library of Congress was expanding its public services and newspapers and magazines were a central resource for researchers. Reading rooms of this era were built for long, quiet sessions with bound periodicals, so the arrangement of tables, shelves and light gives a sense of how scholars and ordinary readers used the building.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1930.
NotesNo. 4552R.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,102 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-148182

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