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Carnegie Institution--D.C. Public Library, Mass. & N.Y. Aves., N.W., Washington, D.C. – Antique Print

Carnegie Institution--D.C. Public Library, Mass. & N.Y. Aves., N.W., Washington, D.C., [c1910] — historic photograph
Carnegie Institution--D.C. Public Library, Mass. & N.Y. Aves., N.W., Washington, D.C., [c1910]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 Carnegie Institution--D.C. Public Library, Mass. & N.Y. Aves., N.W., Washington, D.C., a historic photograph 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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This photograph shows the Carnegie-funded central public library at the corner of Massachusetts and New York Avenues NW, near Mount Vernon Square, which the record labels "Carnegie Institution." Andrew Carnegie's gifts paid for many American libraries around the turn of the 20th century, and Washington's building opened in 1903 as the city's main branch, with its classical columns and stone facade reflecting the Beaux-Arts taste of the era. The print, issued by the American Press Association around 1910, documents the building only a few years into its life as a public institution. The library kept its central role until 1972, when a larger building replaced it.

Created / published[c1910]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910.
NotesCopyright by the American Press Assoc.
SubjectsDistrict of Columbia.--Public Library--Buildings--1910. Libraries--Washington (D.C.)--1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,108 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-163707

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