Library of Congress
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The Library of Congress is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the de facto national library of the United States. It
Main reading room in the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress
A series of photographs depicting the construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building between 1888 and 1894
The Library of Congress, then located in the Capitol Building in 1853
Library of Congress in the Capitol Building in the 1890s
Thomas Jefferson Building
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The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library
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…printed in the United States; it also built its collections through acquisitions and donations. Between 1890 and 1897, a new library building, now the Thomas Jefferson Building, was constructed. Two additional buildings, the John Adams Building (opened in 1939) and the James Madison Memorial Building (opened in 1980), were…
The Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in April 2007
View of the Thomas Jefferson Building's west façade
The Great Hall and a view of the building's first and second floors, featuring Minerva mosaic