Aerial view from the south of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. 2007

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Aerial view from the south of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. 2007

Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. [Aerial view from the south of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C]. 2007. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007683666/. (Accessed September 08, 2016.)

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Founded in 1880, the original Library of Congress collection included 740 books and three maps. This collection lived in the Capitol until 1814, when invading British troops burned the Capitol and destroyed the library inside it. Former President…