Postcard of the Library of Congress
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Creator: B.S. Reynolds Co. Washington, DC
Form/Genre: Postcard
Date: 1932
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 29
Color postcard with a semi-aerial view of the Library of Congress. The postcard is unused, but the message side has a printed note: "The Library of Congress, 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 finished in black copper, with panels gilded with a thin coating of gold leaf; and the cresting of the dome terminates in a gilded finial representing the torch of Science ever burning." The front of the postcard has a white border.
Library of Congress
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 29
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1932
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SIA2013-06671 (front) and SIA2013-06672 (back)
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen