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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation] – Vintage Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

(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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Step back in time with [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation], a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This is a side elevation, a flat, measured drawing of one flank of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., with its height, window bays, and ornament set out without perspective. Drawings like this helped builders and planners check proportions and coordinate construction. The library's main building, now the Thomas Jefferson Building, was designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and opened in 1897 as a major Beaux-Arts civic landmark. Such elevations preserve architectural detail that photographs often miss, which is why researchers value them.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
GenreReference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,305 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138044

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