[D.C.-Wash.-Library of Congress - official construction photos: N.C. 2nd story stucco shop, July 19, 1894]

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This photograph documents a work area on the second story of a building's north wing, recorded on July 19, 1894, as part of the official construction series. The caption identifies it as a stucco shop, a workspace where plasterers and modelers prepared the ornamental work that gave the building's walls and ceilings their finished surfaces. The record appears to link the image to the Library of Congress building in Washington, D.C., which was under construction in the early 1890s and would open in 1897. Its decorative program relied on many skilled trades, so pictures like this one show the craft work behind the building's interiors. The caption information is old and unverified, so details such as the exact location within the building should be checked against other sources.

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