Library of Congress (1)
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- Created Date
- 1912
- Description
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON. justly celebrated as the culmination of architectural achievement of the day, was completed in 1897 at a cost of $6,000,000. The Library is here seen from the Capitol. The dome and lantern are refinished in black copper, with panels gilded with a thick coating of gold leaf
U.S. Congressional Library, Washington, D. C., Faces West upon First Street, East of the Capitol, between East Capitol and B. Street
and the cresting of the dome terminates in a gilded finial representing the torch of Science ever burning.
- Creator
I. & M. Ottenheimer
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library
- Location
- Washington (D.C.)
- Type
- image
- Format
- Artist rendering
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- I. & M. Ottenheimer. Library of Congress (1). 1912. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/73e34c20-9975-0134-2096-0050569601ca-1. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- I. & M. Ottenheimer, (1912) Library of Congress (1). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/73e34c20-9975-0134-2096-0050569601ca-1
- MLA citation style
- I. & M. Ottenheimer. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/73e34c20-9975-0134-2096-0050569601ca-1>.