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Uncover America's past at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library
Preliminary drawing for a mural in the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress by Cândido Portinari, 1941. map of the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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Uncover America's past at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library
A discussion of the world's largest library, from the documentary Volumes to...
Video: Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
Aerial view of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the oldest structure in the Library...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; photography by Carol M. Highsmith (digital file no. LC-DIG-highsm-03196)
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Interior of the Library of Congress Reading Room, Washington, D.C.
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Facade of the U.S. Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building, in Washington,...
Architect of the Capitol
cartouche
Detail of a frieze in the Italian Renaissance style showing a cartouche supported...
Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (file no. LC-DIG-highsm-02074)
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The African and Middle Eastern Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; photography by Carol M. Highsmith (digital file no. LC-DIG-highsm-03194)
Preliminary drawing for a mural in the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZC4-4463)
map of the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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