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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan of first story, site plan] – Historic Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan of first story, site plan], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan of first story, site plan], 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. Plan of first story, site plan], 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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Where many pictures of the Library of Congress show its domes and facades, this ink drawing lays out the ground floor as a set of walls, rooms and passages. It belongs to the Library's architectural and engineering drawings, a collection of plans used for construction, repairs and later changes. The main building on Capitol Hill, designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and completed in 1897, was meant to house a rapidly growing national collection, so a floor plan like this one shows how the space was arranged for readers, staff and storage.

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 scan4,096 × 3,274 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-193072

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