[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: South Gallery, 2nd floor; marble floor after repair; work in progress] – Historic Print
![[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: South Gallery, 2nd floor; marble floor after repair; work in progress], 1958 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fc/fc8e21c31d75-L.webp)
(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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[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: South Gallery, 2nd floor; marble floor after repair; work in progress] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Library of Congress interiors, 1958: South Gallery, 2nd floor; marble floor after repair; work in progress]
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Crews are caught mid-repair on a marble floor in the second-floor South Gallery, with the work still underway when the photograph was taken in 1958. The Library of Congress's main building, completed in 1897, is finished throughout in marble and other decorative stone, so its floors took heavy foot traffic and needed periodic restoration. The Office of Buildings and Grounds, which maintained the complex, documented work like this, and the caption's tags on floor maintenance, machinery and building stone point to the practical side of keeping a public landmark in use. It is a record of routine upkeep rather than a ceremony.
| Created / published | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,201 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-106557 |
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