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[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery], 1958 — historic photograph
[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery], 1958. 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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The machinery in this 1958 view is from East Machinery Room 2 in the Jefferson Building, a room that housed the equipment behind the building's everyday operation. The Library's Office of Buildings and Grounds made the photoprint, which fits a broader record of the Library's interiors taken that year. The Jefferson Building opened in 1897 as the Library's first building of its own, and its mechanical plant had to keep a large complex of stacks, offices and reading rooms running. The caption card's subject tags are older transcriptions that have not been fully verified.

Created / published1958
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotoprint by L.C. Office of Buildings & Grounds. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Floors--Maintenance...; Machinery; DC, Wash.--LC Int.; DC, Wash.--LC Annexes; Building stones; Machinery; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,206 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-106560

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