The New York Public Library is a chartered public library system in New York City, United States. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest publi
The New York Public Library Main Branch in Manhattan
The New York Public Library Main Branch during its late stage construction in 1908 with the lion statues not yet installed at the entrance
Lenox copy of the Gutenberg Bible in the New York Public Library
Cross-view of classical details in the Main Branch's entrance portico
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
New York Public Library
…States. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States, behind the Library of Congress, and sixth-largest in the world. It is a private, non-governmental, independently managed, nonprofit corporation operating with both private and public…
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