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An Amazing Old Photograph of the Library of Congress Inside the Capitol Building in 1866

  • Published April 16, 2013
Stereograph showing an interior view of the Library of Congress with reading room and stacks in the U.S. Capitol building (1866)
Take a look at this amazing old photograph from 1866, which shows the interior of the old Library of Congress in the Capitol Building before the current one was constructed.
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This is an amazing old photograph from 1866. This shows the interior of the old Library of Congress in the Capitol Building before the current one was constructed.

Stereograph showing an interior view of the Library of Congress with reading room and stacks in the U.S. Capitol building (1866)
Stereograph showing an interior view of the Library of Congress with reading room and stacks in the U.S. Capitol building (1866)

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