Library of Congress. Aerial view – Antique Print
(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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Library of Congress. Aerial view
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An aerial view of the Library of Congress, one of the building's exterior views taken from above, was made in 1933 by photographer Joe Roberts. The caption card places the subject in Washington, D.C., and lists the Library's own exterior among its tracings, which suggests the picture was made as a documentary record of the complex. Around that date the Library's main building on Capitol Hill, completed in 1897, was the national library's principal home, and aerial photography was still a relatively new way of recording large civic buildings and their grounds.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1933 |
| Subjects | Photo by Joe Roberts. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: DC, Wash.--Libraries; DC, Wash.--Views--Aerial; DC, Wash.--LC exterior--Views; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,192 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-134772 |
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