[D.C.-Wash.-Library of Congress - official construction photos: 1st floor interior, at Great Hall, Oct. 16, 1894] – Historic Photo Reproduction
![[D.C.-Wash.-Library of Congress - official construction photos: 1st floor interior, at Great Hall, Oct. 16, 1894], 1894 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7a/7a7fb012c7da-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.)
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A window into the past: [D.C.-Wash.-Library of Congress - official construction photos: 1st floor interior, at Great Hall, Oct. 16, 1894], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[D.C.-Wash.-Library of Congress - official construction photos: 1st floor interior, at Great Hall, Oct. 16, 1894]
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This view shows the Great Hall of the Library of Congress while the building was still under construction, before the marble and mosaic work that would later define its interior. Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building began in 1890 under architects John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz, and the library did not open to the public until 1897. The October 16, 1894 date comes from an old caption card and has not been independently verified, but it places the photograph during the years the building's interior was taking shape.
| Created / published | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,228 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108560 |
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