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![[Mural, Joy and Memory, by Henry O. Walker, in the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvbXVyYWwtam95LWFuZC1tZW1vcnktYnktaGVucnktby13YWxrZXItaW4tdGhlLWplZmZlcnNvbi1idWlsZGluZy1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/257/jpg "[Mural, Joy and Memory, by Henry O. Walker, in the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]")
![[Second Floor, East Corridor. View of George R. Barse's Tragedy mural and printers' marks of G. di Legnano and Juan Rosembach. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvc2Vjb25kLWZsb29yLWVhc3QtY29ycmlkb3Itdmlldy1vZi1nZW9yZ2Utci1iYXJzZXMtdHJhZ2VkeS1tdXJhbC1hbmQtcHJpbnRlcnMtMzZhNTQxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/43/webp "[Second Floor, East Corridor. View of George R. Barse's Tragedy mural and printers' marks of G. di Legnano and Juan Rosembach. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![The Manuscript [book] - Public domain dedication image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW1hbnVzY3JpcHQtYm9vay02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "The Manuscript [book] - Public domain dedication image")
![[Mural, Joy and Memory, by Henry O. Walker, in the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvbXVyYWwtam95LWFuZC1tZW1vcnktYnktaGVucnktby13YWxrZXItaW4tdGhlLWplZmZlcnNvbi1idWlsZGluZy1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLTExNDM4My02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Mural, Joy and Memory, by Henry O. Walker, in the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]")
![[Mural, Lyric Poetry (detail), by Henry O. Walker, in the South Corridor, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvbXVyYWwtbHlyaWMtcG9ldHJ5LWRldGFpbC1ieS1oZW5yeS1vLXdhbGtlci1pbi10aGUtc291dGgtY29ycmlkb3ItamVmZmVyc29uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[Mural, Lyric Poetry (detail), by Henry O. Walker, in the South Corridor, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]")
![[Mural, Lyric Poetry (detail), by Henry O. Walker, in the South Corridor, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvbXVyYWwtbHlyaWMtcG9ldHJ5LWRldGFpbC1ieS1oZW5yeS1vLXdhbGtlci1pbi10aGUtc291dGgtY29ycmlkb3ItamVmZmVyc29uLTNiOTM3ZS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Mural, Lyric Poetry (detail), by Henry O. Walker, in the South Corridor, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]")
![[Construction in interior of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLWluLWludGVyaW9yLW9mLXRoZS1qZWZmZXJzb24tYnVpbGRpbmctbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1iNTBmMTgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Construction in interior of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]")
![[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvbWFpbi1yZWFkaW5nLXJvb20tdW5kZXItY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLWluLXRoZS1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLXRob21hcy1qZWZmZXJzb24tNTE3ZjEzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building]")
![[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Attic plan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvYWx0ZXJhdGlvbnMtdG8tdGhlLWxpYnJhcnktb2YtY29uZ3Jlc3MtdGhvbWFzLWplZmZlcnNvbi1idWlsZGluZy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWZjY2RlZC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Attic plan]")
