Library of Congress. Interior. Great Hall (detail). Grand Staircase – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Library of Congress. Interior. Great Hall (detail). Grand Staircase, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Library of Congress. Interior. Great Hall (detail). Grand Staircase
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Rising from the floor of the Great Hall, this detail shows the marble grand staircase of the Library of Congress's Jefferson Building, which opened to readers in 1897. The photograph is credited to L.C. Handy, a Washington photographer. The staircase reflects the Beaux-Arts taste of its era, with rich stone surfaces and ornamented railings meant to impress visitors entering the national library. The caption card gives no date, so the year the picture was made is unknown.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Subjects | Photo by L.C. Handy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Stairways; Photog. I.; DC, Wash.--Int.--Misc.; Staircases; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,226 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135963 |
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