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Congressional Library (in the U.S. Capitol) – Antique Print

Congressional Library (in the U.S. Capitol), 1870 — historic photograph
Congressional Library (in the U.S. Capitol), 1870. Historic photograph from the U.S. Capitol 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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Congressional Library (in the U.S. Capitol)

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The Congressional Library, the library room housed in the U.S. Capitol, is the subject of this 1870 stereograph, a double-image card meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. Albumen prints like this one were the standard medium for stereo cards in that period, and the cards were sold widely as parlor entertainment and as a way to see famous interiors without travel. The room was then the working library of Congress, so the card captures a place that was both a public landmark and an active government institution.

Created / published1870
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen.
NotesTitle from item. · Carson Marian S. collector.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Stereograph Cards
Original scan5,715 × 2,877 px · prints to 19 × 10 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-STV-268185

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