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[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] — historic photograph
[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]. 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 [The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] in remarkable 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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[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

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Dated to about 1898, this print records the Library of Congress just after it moved into its own home. For nearly a century the library had been housed in the U.S. Capitol, but a new building, the Thomas Jefferson Building, opened across First Street from the Capitol in 1897. Its ornate Beaux-Arts design, with sculpture, murals, and a domed reading room, was meant to show the young nation's ambitions for learning. The photograph's date places it at the very start of the building's public life, when its stone facade was still new.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1898.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,134 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124209

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