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Library of Congress, Map Division, reading room – Antique Map Print

Library of Congress, Map Division, reading room, [between 1900 and 1930] — historic photograph
Library of Congress, Map Division, reading room, [between 1900 and 1930]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Library of Congress, Map Division, reading room in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Library of Congress, Map Division, reading room

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The Map Division reading room shows a working space for one of the Library of Congress's most specialized collections, where researchers examined atlases, charts, and single-sheet maps spread across large tables. The Library had moved into the newly completed Jefferson Building in Washington in 1897, and its map holdings grew steadily through the early twentieth century as surveys, government mapping, and donated collections arrived. Photographs like this one are useful for seeing how such rooms were arranged before later changes in storage and digital access. The print also reflects the period's preference for orderly, well-lit interiors where the work of scholarship took place.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,190 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-148186

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