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[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: East Machinery Room 2 in Jefferson Bldg., view of machinery] – Vintage Wall Art

[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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East Machinery Room 2 in the Jefferson Building is the setting for this 1958 view of the equipment that supported the Library's operations. The photoprint was made by the Library's Office of Buildings and Grounds, whose staff documented the building's systems and maintenance work. The Jefferson Building opened in 1897 as the Library's first home of its own, and its ornate public rooms depended on a great deal of unseen mechanical plant, including boilers, pumps and ventilating equipment. Pictures like this one show the working side of that architecture, the machinery and stone-lined service spaces behind the decoration.

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 × 1,210 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-106561

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