Portrait of Librarians in the War Department Library of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington DC (1880′s)

Portrait of librarians in the War Department Library of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., c. 1880′s. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

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The Library of Congress Inside of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

View of the reading room and stacks of the Library of Congress when it was located inside of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., c. 1866. By G. D. Wakely. Animated stereoview.

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