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

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This photographic print shows the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., around 1898, just after the institution moved into its new Thomas Jefferson Building. The library had long been housed in the U.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1898.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,350 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124212

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