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[Library of Congress - Foundation, 1889 (U.S. Capitol in the background)] – Antique Wall Art

[Library of Congress - Foundation, 1889 (U.S. Capitol in the background)] — historic photograph
[Library of Congress - Foundation, 1889 (U.S. Capitol in the background)]. Historic photograph 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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The camera looks at foundation work for the Library of Congress in 1889, with the U.S. Capitol rising in the background, a reminder of how closely the library was tied to the legislative building it served. Congress first funded the library in 1800 with $5,000 for books, and British troops burned the Capitol in 1814, destroying most of the collection. Thomas Jefferson sold his own library of about 6,500 volumes to Congress in 1815 to restart it. The building that eventually rose on this ground, the Thomas Jefferson Building, opened in 1897.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1889]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,265 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127216

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