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Library of Congress--Book conveyors – Vintage Wall Art

Library of Congress--Book conveyors, [between 1886 and 1900] — historic photograph
Library of Congress--Book conveyors, [between 1886 and 1900]. 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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Few pictures in this gallery show the machinery that moved books through a large library, and this one centers on the book conveyors named in its title, set among the bookstacks of the Jefferson Building. The Library of Congress opened in that building in 1897 after years of construction, and its planners built mechanical handling into the stacks to carry a steadily growing collection between shelves and reading rooms. The record dates the print only to a span between 1886 and 1900, so it may show the building during its construction or in its first years of use.

Created / published[between 1886 and 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1900.
SubjectsReference copy in U.S. GEOG FILE - Washington, D.C.--Library of Congress--Jefferson Building--Interior--Bookstacks. VD image orientation: Rotate VD 180 degrees.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,196 × 6,445 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161611

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