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333446

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Postcard

Era:

Linen

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia (DC)

Publisher:

I & M Ottenheimer

Postmark:

1950 Aug-2

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Washington

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Size:

3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Justly celebrated as the culmination of architectural achievement of the day, was completed in 1897 at a cost of $6,000,000. The Library is here seen from the Capitol. The dome and lantern are finished in black copper, with panels guilded with a thick coating of gold leaf and the creating of the dome terminates in a gilded finial representing the torch of Science ever burning

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WASHIN;GTON 1800-1950 POST CARI SHING 13° U.S. SUPREME COURT NATIONAL CAPITAL SESQUICENTENNIAL GTON FIRST DAY OF ISSUE ru- THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON. AUG 2 9-AM justly celebrated as the culmination itectural achievement of the dal wi950 pleted in 1897 ata cost of $6,000,000. The Library is here seen from the Capitol. The Ve Ond lantern are finished in black coppern panels gilded with a thick coating of gold leaf and the cresting of the dome terminates in a gilded finial representing the torch of Science ever burning. PUBLISHED BY I. & M. OTTENHEIMER, BALTIMORE, MD. Mr. H. Banse 358 Wadsworth Ave New York 33, n.Y. A-14609

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