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![[Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDcvMDEvMDEvZWxldmF0b3ItbG9iYnktb24td2VzdC1zaWRlLTJuZC1zdHJlZXQtc2lkZS1vZi1maWZ0aC1mbG9vci1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLTEwMjQuanBn/320/360/jpg "[Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Interior detail. Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvaW50ZXJpb3ItZGV0YWlsLWVsZXZhdG9yLWxvYmJ5LW9uLXdlc3Qtc2lkZS0ybmQtc3RyZWV0LXNpZGUtb2YtZmlmdGgtZmxvb3ItNDA3ZjMwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Interior detail. Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Interior detail. Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvaW50ZXJpb3ItZGV0YWlsLWVsZXZhdG9yLWxvYmJ5LW9uLXdlc3Qtc2lkZS0ybmQtc3RyZWV0LXNpZGUtb2YtZmlmdGgtZmxvb3ItMzZiNWM1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/36/webp "[Interior detail. Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Interior detail above elevator in lobby on west side of building (2nd Street side). Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDkvaW50ZXJpb3ItZGV0YWlsLWFib3ZlLWVsZXZhdG9yLWluLWxvYmJ5LW9uLXdlc3Qtc2lkZS1vZi1idWlsZGluZy0ybmQtc3RyZWV0LWQyNTg3OS02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "[Interior detail above elevator in lobby on west side of building (2nd Street side). Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvZWxldmF0b3ItaW4tbG9iYnktb2YtMm5kLXN0cmVldC1lbnRyYW5jZS1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLWpvaG4tYWRhbXMtYnVpbGRpbmctNWUxOTlhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[Elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Detail above elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvZGV0YWlsLWFib3ZlLWVsZXZhdG9yLWluLWxvYmJ5LW9mLTJuZC1zdHJlZXQtZW50cmFuY2UtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1qb2huLTJmOTVmMS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Detail above elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Interior detail. Moulding in area between west elevator lobby and main entrance to center reading room on fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvaW50ZXJpb3ItZGV0YWlsLW1vdWxkaW5nLWluLWFyZWEtYmV0d2Vlbi13ZXN0LWVsZXZhdG9yLWxvYmJ5LWFuZC1tYWluLWVudHJhbmNlLTQ1ZmY4Mi02NDAuanBn/40/13/webp "[Interior detail. Moulding in area between west elevator lobby and main entrance to center reading room on fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
