Library of Congress, Wash., D.C. (Main Bldg): Exterior. Construction of stack area. June 23, 1926 – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Library of Congress, Wash., D.C. (Main Bldg): Exterior. Construction of stack area. June 23, 1926, 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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Library of Congress, Wash., D.C. (Main Bldg): Exterior. Construction of stack area. June 23, 1926
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Work on the stack area behind the Library of Congress's Main Building is the subject of this June 1926 view, which shows the building's book storage being expanded. The Main Building, opened in 1897 and now called the Thomas Jefferson Building, was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz, and its stacks were built to hold a fast-growing collection. The caption card also lists lamps and shelving among its subjects, pointing to the fixtures and storage furnishings installed in the new space. Because the record is brief, the photograph is most useful as evidence of how the library kept adding room for books in its early decades.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1926 June 23. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arch.--Drawings & plans; Lamps; DC, Wash.--L of C Construction; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,223 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133372 |
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