Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Between 1980 and 2006

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Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Between 1980 and 2006

Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. [Between 1980 and 2006] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011635247/. (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…