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![[Opening of the 60th Congress - view of group of Congressmen at their desks, reading and consulting each other]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvb3BlbmluZy1vZi10aGUtNjB0aC1jb25ncmVzcy12aWV3LW9mLWdyb3VwLW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzbWVuLWF0LXRoZWlyLWRlc2tzLXJlYWRpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/217/jpg "[Opening of the 60th Congress - view of group of Congressmen at their desks, reading and consulting each other]")
![[Vice President Thomas R. Marshall drawing draft capsule]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvdmljZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtdGhvbWFzLXItbWFyc2hhbGwtZHJhd2luZy1kcmFmdC1jYXBzdWxlLTA3ZjY1YS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Vice President Thomas R. Marshall drawing draft capsule]")
![[Students in the Reading Room of the Library of Congress with the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, watching]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvc3R1ZGVudHMtaW4tdGhlLXJlYWRpbmctcm9vbS1vZi10aGUtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy13aXRoLXRoZS1saWJyYXJpYW4tNThjMzc5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Students in the Reading Room of the Library of Congress with the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, watching]")
![[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library"), Washington, D.C. Section, circular reading room]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzMvMDEvMDEvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1jb25ncmVzc2lvbmFsLWxpYnJhcnktd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1zZWN0aW9uLWNpcmN1bGFyLXJlYWRpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Library of Congress (\"Congressional Library\"), Washington, D.C. Section, circular reading room]")
![[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library"), Washington, D.C. Plan and sections]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1jb25ncmVzc2lvbmFsLWxpYnJhcnktd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1wbGFuLWFuZC1zZWN0aW9ucy0wMTIwZjQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "[Library of Congress (\"Congressional Library\"), Washington, D.C. Plan and sections]")
![[Men reading at a table in a book-lined room at the Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvbWVuLXJlYWRpbmctYXQtYS10YWJsZS1pbi1hLWJvb2stbGluZWQtcm9vbS1hdC10aGUtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Men reading at a table in a book-lined room at the Library of Congress]")
![[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzMvMDEvMDEvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLXBlcnNwZWN0aXZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/19/webp "[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective]")
![[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDcvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLXBlcnNwZWN0aXZlLTVjMWNmZS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective]")
