[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building] – Historic Photo Reproduction
![[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building], [between ca. 1880 and 1896] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/df/df4a0e2c6ea1-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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Step back in time with [Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building]
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This photograph shows the Main Reading Room while it was still under construction in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Work on the building began in 1890, and the library's collections moved into it in 1897, when the domed reading room opened to readers. Scaffolding and unfinished interior work of this kind document the long effort to house the nation's book collections in a monumental structure. The room, with its ring of desks beneath the great dome, became one of the best-known reading spaces in the country.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1880 and 1896] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,288 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178954 |
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