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A Look Inside the Old Library of Congress in the 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)
Explore a piece of history with this amazing old photograph of the Library of Congress in the Capitol Building before the current one was constructed in 1866. Courtesy of Ghosts of DC.
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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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