LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[City hall, New York]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvY2l0eS1oYWxsLW5ldy15b3JrLTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/256/jpg "[City hall, New York]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
![[New Harvard Medical School], Panoramic Photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvbmV3LWhhcnZhcmQtbWVkaWNhbC1zY2hvb2wtMGQzOGQxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/9/webp "[New Harvard Medical School], Panoramic Photograph")
![Metropolitan [New York Public] Library, New York](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvbWV0cm9wb2xpdGFuLW5ldy15b3JrLXB1YmxpYy1saWJyYXJ5LW5ldy15b3JrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Metropolitan [New York Public] Library, New York")
![[Library of Congress ("New Congress Library"), Washington, D.C. Floor plan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzMvMDEvMDEvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1uZXctY29uZ3Jlc3MtbGlicmFyeS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWZsb29yLXBsYW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "[Library of Congress (\"New Congress Library\"), Washington, D.C. Floor plan]")
![Gallery, Library [of Congress, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTgvMDEvMDEvZ2FsbGVyeS1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Gallery, Library [of Congress, Washington, D.C.]")
![Library [of Congress] from Capitol](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1mcm9tLWNhcGl0b2wtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Library [of Congress] from Capitol")
![[Library of Congress ("New Congress Library"), Washington, D.C. First floor plan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzMvMDEvMDEvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1uZXctY29uZ3Jlc3MtbGlicmFyeS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWZpcnN0LWZsb29yLXBsYW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Library of Congress (\"New Congress Library\"), Washington, D.C. First floor plan]")
