Library of Congress, exhibits, view of exhibit cases – Antique Photo Print
![Library of Congress, exhibits, view of exhibit cases, [between 1900 and 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b8/b87af2733295-L.webp)
(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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This historic photograph of Library of Congress, exhibits, view of exhibit cases brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Library of Congress, exhibits, view of exhibit cases
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Glass-fronted exhibit cases inside the Library of Congress are the focus here, offering a look at how the institution showed its holdings to the public in the early twentieth century. The Library had moved into its ornate Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., in 1897, and through the 1900s it was growing into a major national collection and public showplace. Cases like these were a common way to display rare materials while protecting them from handling and light. The record does not name the objects on view, so the picture is best read as a window onto the museum practices of its era.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,249 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148192 |
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