1905 Envelope Addressed to the Director of Manuscripts, Library of Congress, Washington DC

[LIB11010] Worthington Chauncey Ford (February 15, 1858 – March 7, 1941) was an American historian and editor of a number of collections of documents from early American history. He served in a variety of government positions: first, as the chief of the Bureau of Statistics for the U.S. Department of State, from 1885–1889, then at the U.S. Department of Treasury, 1893–1898, then as chief of the manuscripts division at the Library of Congress from 1902-1908. He also served as Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University from 1917-1922. [Wikipedia]

1913 Carnegie Library, Washington, DC

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1936 Reading Room, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

1936 Reading Room, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

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c1905 Library of Congress, Washington DC

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1910 Grand Stairway, Library of Congress, Washington DC

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Library of Congress, Washington DC

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Completed in 1897 at a cost of $6 million dollars, the building design follows a modified French Renaissance style of architecture. The nearby annex was added in 1938. [From the back of the card]

Reading Room, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

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Now this is a reading room!

Fountain, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

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"The fountain, with the figure of Puck by Brenda Putnam A Midsummer Nights Dreame, ACT III, Scene 2 "Lord, what fooles these mortals be!" [From the back of the card]

Photography by Horydczak.

Entrance Hall, Library of Congress, Washington DC

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Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC

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Administered by the Trustees of Amherst College. This post card shows the Library, Paul Philippe Cret, architect.

Exhibition Hall, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

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Folger Shakesperian Library, Washington DC

The story of the Folger Shakespeare Library is intrinsically linked to that of its founders, Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Jordan Folger, who established the Folger in 1932 as a gift to the American people. Emily Folger later wrote of Henry Folger’s belief that “the poet is one of our best sources, one of the wells from which we Americans draw our national thought, our faith and our hope.” The Folger is located in the nation’s capital for that reason. [SOURCE]
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Mosaic Mantel, Library of Congress, Washington DC

Mosaic Mantel by Frederick Dielman. Representatives' Reading Room. HISTORY: In the center stands the Muse of History with recording pen and gold-clasped volume. In the panels are names of great historians: Herodotus. Thucydides. Polybius. Livy. Tacitus. Baeda. Comines. Hume. Gibbon. Niebuhr. Guizot. Ranke. Bancroft. Motley. On the left side sits Mythology with recording stylus and globe symbolic of the myths of the worlds. Beside her are a winged Sphinx and Pandora's box. On the right is the venerable figure of Tradition, and by her with a lyre sits a youthful poet who will sing the story that she tells. In the distance back of Mythology rise the Pyramids, back of History the Parthenon, and beyond Tradition the Colosseum. - From Practical Guide Library of Congress

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1908 Library of Congress WASHINGTON DC

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1907 Library of Congress WASHINGTON DC

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Library of the Islamic Center WASHINGTON DC

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The Islamic Center

1911 U.S. Congressional Library WASHINGTON DC

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1906 Library of Congress WASHINGTON DC

Bamforth & Co., Publishers, Holmfirth (England) and New York

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1906 Congressional Library, WASHINGTON DC

A very nice 100+ year-old vintage postcard published by I. Stern, no. 509. This post card is addressed to J. Stanley Davis, Sea Girt, New Jersey.

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The Library of Congress is much more than books. Over the years, the Library has recorded and compiled many field recordings.

The Library of Congress, WASHINGTON DC

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