Library Of Congress Reading Room Images

Library of congress main reading room photos.

Library of congress reading room images.

See pricing plans. Eight giant marble columns each support 10 foot high allegorical female figures in plaster representing characteristic features of civilized life and thought. All library of congress research centers are closed to the public including researchers and others with reader identification cards until further notice to reduce the risk of transmitting covid 19 coronavirus. America at work america at leisure.

Founded in 1800 the library of congress is the first established cultural institution and the largest library in the world with millions of items including books recordings photographs maps and manuscripts in its collection. The main reading room of the library of congress in washington d c. The motion picture broadcasting and recorded sound division mbrs at the library of congress has responsibility for the acquisition cataloging and preservation of the motion picture and television collections. Explore a new flickr activity we launched this month through the library of congress blog post library seeks pictures of pandemic experiences.

Get premium high resolution news photos at getty images. 131879184 reading room thomas jefferson building library of congress washington. The library of congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images photos and vectors.

Library of congress thomas jefferson building washington d c. Motion pictures from 1894 1915. Photo taken on dec 9 2015 shows the main reading room in the library of congress in washington d c the united states. You are interested in.

Online resources and reference services such as ask a librarian will continue to. Work school and leisure activities in the united states from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures 88 of which are digitized for the first time 62 are also available in other american memory presentations. View from above showing researcher desks. The division operates the moving image research center to provide access and information services to an international community of film and television professionals archivists.

Read about the library of congress flickr project and review some of our previous blog posts highlighting our flickr activities. Religion commerce history art philosophy poetry law and science. The prints and photographs online catalog ppoc contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross section of still pictures held by the prints photographs division and in some cases other units of the library of congress.