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N.Y. Public Library on opening day [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915-stock-foto
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Colin Campbell Cooper - New York Public Library (1910s)-stock-foto
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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - June 12, 2025: Views Around the Boston Public Library in Boston Massachusetts-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress showcases the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts architecture. Completed in 1897, the hall features a grand staircase flanked by bronze statues, marble columns, elaborate mosaics, and a coffered ceiling adorned with copper-plated skylights and allegorical paintings. The space is embellished with gold leaf, intricate carvings, and murals by prominent American artists including Edwin Blashfield, Elihu Vedder, and John White Alexander, all celebrating themes of knowledge, literature, and hum-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress showcases the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts architecture. Completed in 1897, the hall features a grand staircase flanked by bronze statues, marble columns, elaborate mosaics, and a coffered ceiling adorned with copper-plated skylights and allegorical paintings. The space is embellished with gold leaf, intricate carvings, and murals by prominent American artists including Edwin Blashfield, Elihu Vedder, and John White Alexander, all celebrating themes of knowledge, literature, and hum-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Viewing Gallery of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress offers visitors a panoramic perspective of one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Located on the third floor, this observation area allows the public to look down into the octagonal reading room with its 160-foot-high dome, ornate marble columns, and bronze statues representing fields of knowledge. While the reading room itself is reserved for researchers with reader cards, this gallery provides tourists and visitors the opportunity to appreciate Edwin Howland Blas-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress showcases the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts architecture. Completed in 1897, the hall features a grand staircase flanked by bronze statues, marble columns, elaborate mosaics, and a coffered ceiling adorned with copper-plated skylights and allegorical paintings. The space is embellished with gold leaf, intricate carvings, and murals by prominent American artists including Edwin Blashfield, Elihu Vedder, and John White Alexander, all celebrating themes of knowledge, literature, and hum-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Viewing Gallery of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress offers visitors a panoramic perspective of one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Located on the third floor, this observation area allows the public to look down into the octagonal reading room with its 160-foot-high dome, ornate marble columns, and bronze statues representing fields of knowledge. While the reading room itself is reserved for researchers with reader cards, this gallery provides tourists and visitors the opportunity to appreciate Edwin Howland Blas-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress houses the Jefferson Library, a recreation of Thomas Jefferson's personal collection of books that formed the foundation of the national library. After the original Library of Congress was destroyed when British troops burned the Capitol in 1814, Jefferson sold his personal library of 6,487 volumes to Congress in 1815. While many of Jefferson's original books were lost in another fire in 1851, the Library has worked to reassemble the collection with identical editions of the same titles, displayed in a circular arrangemen-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress houses the Jefferson Library, a recreation of Thomas Jefferson's personal collection of books that formed the foundation of the national library. After the original Library of Congress was destroyed when British troops burned the Capitol in 1814, Jefferson sold his personal library of 6,487 volumes to Congress in 1815. While many of Jefferson's original books were lost in another fire in 1851, the Library has worked to reassemble the collection with identical editions of the same titles, displayed in a circular arrangemen-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress houses the Jefferson Library, a recreation of Thomas Jefferson's personal collection of books that formed the foundation of the national library. After the original Library of Congress was destroyed when British troops burned the Capitol in 1814, Jefferson sold his personal library of 6,487 volumes to Congress in 1815. While many of Jefferson's original books were lost in another fire in 1851, the Library has worked to reassemble the collection with identical editions of the same titles, displayed in a circular arrangemen-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated arched ceiling of the Southwest Exhibition Gallery on the Second Floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress features elaborate plasterwork, gilded details, and classical motifs. The Jefferson Building, completed in 1897, is considered the centerpiece of the Library of Congress complex and represents one of America's finest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture. The building's lavish interiors were designed by artists and craftsmen from across America and Europe, incorporating influences from classical antiquity and the Italian Renaiss-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornate domed ceiling of the Great Hall in the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress features elaborate paintings, sculptures, and architectural details created during its construction between 1890 and 1897. The ceiling showcases allegorical figures representing countries and historical epochs that contributed to American civilization, designed by artist Edwin Howland Blashfield. The Jefferson Building, the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings, was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by architects John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and opened to the publi-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress houses the Jefferson Library, a recreation of Thomas Jefferson's personal collection of books that formed the foundation of the national library. After the original Library of Congress was destroyed when British troops burned the Capitol in 1814, Jefferson sold his personal library of 6,487 volumes to Congress in 1815. While many of Jefferson's original books were lost in another fire in 1851, the Library has worked to reassemble the collection with identical editions of the same titles, displayed in a circular arrangemen-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — Looking directly upward in the Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress reveals an ornate coffered ceiling adorned with elaborate gilded rosettes and copper-plated glass skylights. Completed in 1897, this Beaux-Arts masterpiece features 73 decorative rosettes set within geometric coffers, allowing natural light to filter through the stained glass panels. The ceiling rises 75 feet above the marble floor and exemplifies the American Renaissance style with its intricate ornamentation, gold leaf detailing, and harmonious integration of decorative eleme-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress showcases the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts architecture. Completed in 1897, the hall features a grand staircase flanked by bronze statues, marble columns, elaborate mosaics, and a coffered ceiling adorned with copper-plated skylights and allegorical paintings. The space is embellished with gold leaf, intricate carvings, and murals by prominent American artists including Edwin Blashfield, Elihu Vedder, and John White Alexander, all celebrating themes of knowledge, literature, and hum-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated domed ceiling of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress represents the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts design. Completed in 1897, the 160-foot-high dome features Edwin Howland Blashfield's central painting 'Human Understanding,' surrounded by twelve figures representing countries and epochs that have contributed to human knowledge. The ceiling includes elaborate gilded moldings, colorful allegorical paintings in the collar of the dome, and personifications of literature, science, and art. This masterpiece of Amer-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress stands as one of America's most magnificent public spaces. Completed in 1897, this octagonal room rises 160 feet to an ornate dome featuring Edwin Howland Blashfield's painting 'Human Understanding' surrounded by allegorical figures representing countries that have contributed to human knowledge. The reading room features massive red marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals, bronze statues representing fields of knowledge, and three tiers of bookstacks encircling the central space. Designed-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated domed ceiling of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress represents the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts design. Completed in 1897, the 160-foot-high dome features Edwin Howland Blashfield's central painting 'Human Understanding,' surrounded by twelve figures representing countries and epochs that have contributed to human knowledge. The ceiling includes elaborate gilded moldings, colorful allegorical paintings in the collar of the dome, and personifications of literature, science, and art. This masterpiece of Amer-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated domed ceiling of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress represents the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts design. Completed in 1897, the 160-foot-high dome features Edwin Howland Blashfield's central painting 'Human Understanding,' surrounded by twelve figures representing countries and epochs that have contributed to human knowledge. The ceiling includes elaborate gilded moldings, colorful allegorical paintings in the collar of the dome, and personifications of literature, science, and art. This masterpiece of Amer-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress showcases the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts architecture. Completed in 1897, the hall features a grand staircase flanked by bronze statues, marble columns, elaborate mosaics, and a coffered ceiling adorned with copper-plated skylights and allegorical paintings. The space is embellished with gold leaf, intricate carvings, and murals by prominent American artists including Edwin Blashfield, Elihu Vedder, and John White Alexander, all celebrating themes of knowledge, literature, and hum-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated domed ceiling of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress represents the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts design. Completed in 1897, the 160-foot-high dome features Edwin Howland Blashfield's central painting 'Human Understanding,' surrounded by twelve figures representing countries and epochs that have contributed to human knowledge. The ceiling includes elaborate gilded moldings, colorful allegorical paintings in the collar of the dome, and personifications of literature, science, and art. This masterpiece of Amer-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress showcases the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts architecture. Completed in 1897, the hall features a grand staircase flanked by bronze statues, marble columns, elaborate mosaics, and a coffered ceiling adorned with copper-plated skylights and allegorical paintings. The space is embellished with gold leaf, intricate carvings, and murals by prominent American artists including Edwin Blashfield, Elihu Vedder, and John White Alexander, all celebrating themes of knowledge, literature, and hum-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated domed ceiling of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress represents the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts design. Completed in 1897, the 160-foot-high dome features Edwin Howland Blashfield's central painting 'Human Understanding,' surrounded by twelve figures representing countries and epochs that have contributed to human knowledge. The ceiling includes elaborate gilded moldings, colorful allegorical paintings in the collar of the dome, and personifications of literature, science, and art. This masterpiece of Amer-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated domed ceiling of the Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress represents the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts design. Completed in 1897, the 160-foot-high dome features Edwin Howland Blashfield's central painting 'Human Understanding,' surrounded by twelve figures representing countries and epochs that have contributed to human knowledge. The ceiling includes elaborate gilded moldings, colorful allegorical paintings in the collar of the dome, and personifications of literature, science, and art. This masterpiece of Amer-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The ornately decorated Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress showcases the pinnacle of American Beaux-Arts architecture. Completed in 1897, the hall features a grand staircase flanked by bronze statues, marble columns, elaborate mosaics, and a coffered ceiling adorned with copper-plated skylights and allegorical paintings. The space is embellished with gold leaf, intricate carvings, and murals by prominent American artists including Edwin Blashfield, Elihu Vedder, and John White Alexander, all celebrating themes of knowledge, literature, and hum-stock-foto
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Astor Hall is a magnificent entrance area in the main branch of the New York public library on fifth Avenue, 2025, New York City, USA-stock-foto
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Astor Hall is a magnificent entrance area in the main branch of the New York public library on fifth Avenue, 2025, New York City, USA-stock-foto
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Astor Hall is a magnificent entrance area in the main branch of the New York public library on fifth Avenue, 2025, New York City, USA-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Hall (also known as the Great Hall) of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building features an ornate Beaux-Arts interior with grand marble staircases, elaborate ceiling work, and decorative sculptures. Completed in 1897, the Main Hall serves as the primary entrance area to the Library and showcases works by nearly fifty American painters and sculptors. The hall's floor contains brass inlays representing the zodiac signs embedded in Italian marble, while the ceiling, discovered during 1980s renovations to be covered in aluminum leaf rather than silver, features e-stock-foto
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WASHINGTON DC — The Main Hall (also known as the Great Hall) of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building features an ornate Beaux-Arts interior with grand marble staircases, elaborate ceiling work, and decorative sculptures. Completed in 1897, the Main Hall serves as the primary entrance area to the Library and showcases works by nearly fifty American painters and sculptors. The hall's floor contains brass inlays representing the zodiac signs embedded in Italian marble, while the ceiling, discovered during 1980s renovations to be covered in aluminum leaf rather than silver, features e-stock-foto
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