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[Conveyor? in the Library of Congress, in Capitol, pre-1900] – Historic Reproduction

[Conveyor? in the Library of Congress, in Capitol, pre-1900], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Conveyor? in the Library of Congress, in Capitol, pre-1900], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Library of Congress collection.

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[Conveyor? in the Library of Congress, in Capitol, pre-1900]

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The title's question mark suggests the object here may be a book conveyor, a mechanism for moving volumes between shelves and reading rooms, though the record leaves that unconfirmed. The scene is the Library of Congress during the decades it occupied rooms inside the Capitol, an arrangement that ended when the Jefferson Building opened in 1897. That location was vulnerable: British troops burned the Capitol in 1814, and a fire in 1851 destroyed a large part of the collection, which makes any interior view from this period worth a close look.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsAnother copy may be in: U.S. GEOG FILE - WASHINGTON, D.C.--CAPITOL--INTERIOR--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,142 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159669

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