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Happy 225th Birthday, Library of Congress!

by The Library of Congress

Happy 225th Birthday, Library of Congress! The Library of Congress began in rooms in the U.S. Capitol (1800-1897) before expanding to the Thomas Jefferson Building (1897), the John Adams Building (1939) and the James Madison Memorial Building (1980). Take a tour through the Library's homes with this selection of architectural drawings and photographs in the Prints & Photographs Division's collections.

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[Great Hall. View of ceiling with bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
[Main Reading Room. View from above showing researcher desks. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
The Library of Congress, Washington (LOC)
[North Corridor, Great Hall. View of the U.S. Capitol at sunrise, seen through a window below a mural by Charles Sprague Pearce that shows female figures with quotation from Confucious that begins "Give instruction ...." Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers
[Exterior view. Main entrance and information kiosk. Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
[Owl sculpture. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
[Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Madison, Jefferson and Adams Buildings of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 15, 1894 (LOC)
Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June 28, 1892 (LOC)
Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 1890 (LOC)
Laying the cornerstone, 3 o'clock P.M. (LOC)
[Library of Congress ("Annex Building"), Washington, D.C. (LOC)
[Library of Congress ("Annex Building"), Washington, D.C. (LOC)
[Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (LOC)
[James Madison Memorial Building for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LOC)
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. (LOC)
Congressional Library. View of Dome from Gallery of the Public Reading Room. (LOC)
Congressional Library. North Vault. (LOC)
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
[Researchers at work in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress, view towards reference book alcoves] (LOC)
Congressional Library, (In U.S. Capitol) (LOC)
Washington aerials of downtown D.C. [Panorama - including excavation for Library of Congress Madison Building] (LOC)
[Cover For ALA Journal, Front of LM 9/8/88] (LOC)
[Librarians classifying books at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)