[Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, with winter wooden housing over Horatio Greenough's sculpture of George Washington on Capitol grounds in right foreground] – Vintage Photo Print
![[Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, with winter wooden housing over Horatio Greenough's sculpture of George Washington on Capitol grounds in right foreground], [1895 Nov. 27] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8c/8cd271a4ee64-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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This rare historic photograph captures [Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, with winter wooden housing over Horatio Greenough's sculpture of George Washington on Capitol grounds in right foreground] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, with winter wooden housing over Horatio Greenough's sculpture of George Washington on Capitol grounds in right foreground]
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In this November 1895 view, the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress is still under construction, while a wooden shelter stands over Horatio Greenough's marble statue of George Washington in the right foreground on the Capitol grounds. The shelter was built to protect the statue through the winter, and it shows how the Capitol's grounds were being shaped around new buildings in the 1890s. Construction of the Jefferson Building began in 1889 and continued until the library opened to the public in 1897, so the photograph captures the project partway through.
| Created / published | [1895 Nov. 27] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,604 × 2,919 px · prints to 12 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-203224 |
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