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[Aerial view of Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Photograph Print

[Aerial view of Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922] — historic photograph
[Aerial view of Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.], [between 1921 and 1922]. 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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An aerial view of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., taken sometime between 1921 and 1922, when the building was already a fixture of the capital's skyline. The Library's main building on Capitol Hill had opened in 1897, and by the early 1920s it held a rapidly growing national collection, so an overhead view like this one captures the institution at a moment of expansion. The picture comes from the National Photo Company Collection, a body of glass negatives that documented Washington and its surroundings in the early twentieth century. Note the faint streaks and blemishes on the glass, which reflect natural deterioration of the original coatings rather than anything in the scene itself.

Created / published[between 1921 and 1922]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Date from negatives in same range. Copy neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,414 × 5,165 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259773

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