Library of Congress, June 1974
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Photographer Ronald Comedy of Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress negative.
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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building)
Founded in 1880, the original Library of Congress collection included 740 books and three maps. This collection lived in the Capitol until 1814, when invading British troops burned the Capitol and destroyed the library inside it. Former President…