Excavation Library of Congress Washington, Washington, D.C., 1888 – 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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This rare historic image captures Excavation Library of Congress Washington, Washington, D.C., 1888 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Excavation of site for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Excavation Library of Congress Washington, Washington, D.C., 1888
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In 1888, Washington was a government town of roughly a quarter million people, where federal clerks, congressional staff, and the workers who served them made up much of the population. Congress had voted in 1886 to give the Library of Congress its own building, and the excavation on Capitol Hill that year marked the first physical step away from the cramped rooms the library had shared under the Capitol dome. Those crowded quarters had long frustrated librarians, and the new structure was meant to hold a collection that was growing fast through copyright deposits. The city was also in a presidential election year, and its streets, newspapers, and boarding houses buzzed with talk of the Cleveland and Harrison campaign. Residents would still have remembered the great snowstorm of March 1888, which buried the city and halted its streetcars and trains for days.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Creator | handy, levin c. (levin corbin) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Washington, D.C. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,459 px · prints to 18 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Excavation of site for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Reference | DC Excavation Library of Congress Washington 1888 |
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