Bookbinding Office in the Congressional Library, 1919-1920
THF628082 / Bookbinding Office in the Congressional Library, 1919-1920 / front
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Artifact Overview
This photograph from the early 1920s shows one of the bookbinding rooms in the Library of Congress. In these rooms--hidden on the library's lower floors--bookbinders repaired old and worn volumes. They also bound newspapers and created durable library works from books and pamphlets with flimsy paper covers. Not an easy task for one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1922
Subject Date
1919-1920
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
91.98.668
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford R. Bryan.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Width: 8.5 in
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SetLibrary of Congress
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The Library of Congress initially began as a service to help members of the United States Congress make laws needed to run the country. Over the years, the Library's mission and its collections expanded. Today, the Library of Congress is one of the world's largest libraries, and it seeks to acquire knowledge from all over the world to share not only with the U.S. Congress but with all Americans.