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- Postcard, "Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.," circa 1916 - United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- circa 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.," circa 1916
United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- Interior of the Library of Congress, 1921-1922 - United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- 1921-1922
- Collections - Artifact
Interior of the Library of Congress, 1921-1922
United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922 - United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- 1921-1922
- Collections - Artifact
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922
United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- Postcard, "Central Library, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.," 1914 -
- 1914
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Central Library, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.," 1914
- Vase, "Carnegie Library, Syracuse, NY," 1905-1920 - Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) amassed an immense fortune from railroads, oil, and steel. He devoted his later years to philanthropy. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie donated more than $40 million to build 1,679 new libraries in communities of all sizes across America. The library building depicted on this vase was built in 1905 in Syracuse, New York, with a $200,000 Carnegie grant.
- 1905-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Vase, "Carnegie Library, Syracuse, NY," 1905-1920
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) amassed an immense fortune from railroads, oil, and steel. He devoted his later years to philanthropy. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie donated more than $40 million to build 1,679 new libraries in communities of all sizes across America. The library building depicted on this vase was built in 1905 in Syracuse, New York, with a $200,000 Carnegie grant.
- Postcard, "Library of Congress and Annex, Washington, D.C.," circa 1940 - United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- circa 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Library of Congress and Annex, Washington, D.C.," circa 1940
United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- Postcard, "Voorhees Library, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J.," 1918-1923 -
- circa 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Voorhees Library, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J.," 1918-1923
- Postcard, "Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.," 1913-1918 - United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- circa 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.," 1913-1918
United States lawmakers established the Library of Congress in 1800. For nearly 100 years, the growing library occupied limited space in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually authorized the construction of a permanent building in 1886, and the structure opened in 1897. Since its founding, the Library of Congress has become one of the world's largest repositories of recorded knowledge.
- Postcard, "Public Library, Mt. Vernon, Illinois," circa 1946 - Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) amassed an immense fortune from railroads, oil, and steel. He devoted his later years to philanthropy. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie donated more than $40 million to build 1,679 new libraries in communities of all sizes across America. Construction began on this library building, funded by a Carnegie grant, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, in 1904.
- circa 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Public Library, Mt. Vernon, Illinois," circa 1946
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) amassed an immense fortune from railroads, oil, and steel. He devoted his later years to philanthropy. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie donated more than $40 million to build 1,679 new libraries in communities of all sizes across America. Construction began on this library building, funded by a Carnegie grant, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, in 1904.
- "Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa." -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
"Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa."