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![[Interior detail from double doors at ends of corridor in front of entrance to center reading room. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvaW50ZXJpb3ItZGV0YWlsLWZyb20tZG91YmxlLWRvb3JzLWF0LWVuZHMtb2YtY29ycmlkb3ItaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtZW50cmFuY2UtODFhNTlhLTEwMjQuanBn/320/288/jpg "[Interior detail from double doors at ends of corridor in front of entrance to center reading room. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Interior detail below owl above door to center reading room on fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvaW50ZXJpb3ItZGV0YWlsLWJlbG93LW93bC1hYm92ZS1kb29yLXRvLWNlbnRlci1yZWFkaW5nLXJvb20tb24tZmlmdGgtZmxvb3ItNjg5ZTIyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/174/webp "[Interior detail below owl above door to center reading room on fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Interior detail on door to stair, in corridor in front of entrance to center reading room. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvaW50ZXJpb3ItZGV0YWlsLW9uLWRvb3ItdG8tc3RhaXItaW4tY29ycmlkb3ItaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtZW50cmFuY2UtdG8tY2VudGVyLTRhMDViZi02NDAuanBn/40/20/webp "[Interior detail on door to stair, in corridor in front of entrance to center reading room. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Exterior view. Doorway detail. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1kb29yd2F5LWRldGFpbC1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLWpvaG4tYWRhbXMtYnVpbGRpbmctd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi00YjQzNTgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/18/webp "[Exterior view. Doorway detail. 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.]")
![[Interior detail. Appears on walls of reading rooms and above doors on fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvaW50ZXJpb3ItZGV0YWlsLWFwcGVhcnMtb24td2FsbHMtb2YtcmVhZGluZy1yb29tcy1hbmQtYWJvdmUtZG9vcnMtb24tZmlmdGgtOTQ2MTgwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Interior detail. Appears on walls of reading rooms and above doors on 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.]")
