Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Oral Tradition.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionOn front: Oral Tradition. Evolution of the Book Series. On back: Oral Tradition, by John W. Alexander. Mural Painting in the Library of Congress. Washington, D. C. The Oriental story-teller, relating his tale to a group of absorbed listeners.
Public Library, Washington, D.C
Image | 1920 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on back reads as: Arrived safely here at 9:40 a.m. We took a Pullman after all. We have been at the [illegible] nearly all day seeing about [illegible] bonds. His hand hurts him quire a good deal. Wish we could have seen you before we left but it was real sudden. Going to see the Capital if we ever get through here at the [illegible]. Its awfully warm here. Rained th...
Endymion at the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "KEATS-ENDYMION. By H. O. Walker. The story runs that from her silver chariot of the moon, Diana beheld the shepherd boy Endymion asleep upon Mount Latmos; and enamored of his beauty, descended to press a kiss upon his lips. Night after night in her course across the heavens, the goddess paused to ca...
Library of Congress (3)
Image | 1912 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collectionand the cresting of the dome terminates in a gilded finial representing the torch of Science ever burning.
The Pictograph in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "THE PICTOGRAPH, BY JOHN W. ALEXANDER, MURAL PAINTING IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. The Pictograph, or picture writing, by which the primitive American Indian records on the painted buffalo robe his rude story of the war trail and the chase." Postcard was never mailed
Lyric Poetry in the Library of Congress
Image | 1913 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "LYRIC POETRY, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. POETRY.-By H. O. Howard. In Lyric Poetry the central figure is an idealization of the Muse, laurel-crowned and striking the Lyre. She is attended by Passion with arm upraised responding to the strains. Beauty, and Mirth, Pathos with eyes raised to heaven, Truth, and Devotion with bowed head." Postcard was never m...
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
Boy of Winander in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "BOY OF WINANDER, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE BOY OF WINANDER - BY H. O. WALKER. There was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs / And islands of Winander! - many a time, / At evening, when the earliest stars began / To move along the edges of the hills, / Rising or setting, would he stand alone, / Beneath the trees, or by the glimmerin...
Lyric Poetry in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "LYRIC POETRY, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. POETRY.-By H. O. Howard. In Lyric Poetry the central figure is an idealization of the Muse, laurel-crowned and striking the Lyre. She is attended by Passion with arm upraised responding to the strains. Beauty, and Mirth, Pathos with eyes raised to heaven, Truth, an...
Religion in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "RELIGION, By Charles S. Pearce. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. Two worshippers kneel before a stone alter, from which ascends the smoke of their sacrifice." Postcard was never mailed
Library of Congress Entrance Hall
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "ENTRANCE HALL, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. The Entrance Hall of the Library of Congress, Washington, has been styled as 'vision in polished stone.' The architectural effect is imposing." Postcard was never mailed
The Manuscript on the Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress, The World's Most Beautiful Building, Washington, D.C.
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionThe back of the Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). No caption. Souvenir Folder was never mailed.
Folger Shakespearian Library, Washington, D.C.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionFOLGER SHAKESPEARIAN LIBRARY, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Carnegie Library, Washington, D.C.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Library of Congress and House Office Building
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "This view of the Library of Congress and House Office Building from Dome of the U.S. Capitol is looking southeast and give the stranger to the Capitol City, an idea of the artistic plan of the treatment, instituted by Major L'Enfant, the great French engineer, who laid out the city at the solicitation of George Washington." Postcard was never mailed.
Melpomene in the Congressional Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "MELPOMENE. - By Edward Simmons. MELPOMENE, Muse of Tragedy, has the tragic mask. The genii hold laurel crown and brazier of fire. From Practical Guide Library of Congress." Postcard was never mailed
Ganymede in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "GANYMEDE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. TENNYSON-GANYMEDE. When Jupiter came down to earth, to seek a successor to Hebe as cupbearer to the Gods, he took the form of an eagle, and flying over Mount Ida, saw the Trojan Prince Ganymede, whom he carried off to Olympus. Tennyson in his 'Palace ...
Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress, The World's Most Beautiful Building, Washington, D.C.
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionHolds 11 postcards inside folded like an accordion, with two images per postcard (front and back). Also contains captions for each postcard. Postcard images are scanned and listed from ALA0004957-ALA0004968. Souvenir Folder was never mailed.
Library of Congress (15)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionENTRANCE HALL, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Boy of Winander in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "BOY OF WINANDER, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE BOY OF WINANDER - BY H. O. WALKER. There was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs / And islands of Winander! - many a time, / At evening, when the earliest stars began / To move along the edges of the hills, / Rising or setting, would he stan...
Melpomene in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "MELPOMENE.-By Edward Simmons. MELPOMENE, Muse of Tragedy, has the tragic mask. The genii hold laurel crown and brazier of fire. From Practical Guide Library of Congress." Postcard was never mailed
Mosaic Mantel in the Law Representatives Reading Room at the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "MOSAIC MANTEL.-By Frederick Dielman. Representatives Reading Room. LAW, a woman of radical countenance and wearing the aegis, is enthroned upon a dais. At her feet are doves of peace, the bound volume of the statutes, and the scales of justice. She holds a palm branch toward Truth with her lilies, P...
Minerva in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "MINERVA, the Goddess of Wisdom. MOSAIC.-By Elihu Vedder. She is here portrayed as displaying a scroll held in her left hand, upon which is insribed [sic] a list of the Sciences, Arts and Letters. In her right hand she carries her spear; upon her breast is the aegis, with its Gorgon's head, plates of...
Hall of Columns in the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "HALL OF COLUMNS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. The Hall of Columns of the Library of Congress, Washington, is in stateliness of design and richness of decoration, the culmination of the architectural achievement of America." Postcard was never mailed
Library of Congress Reading Room
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "READING ROOM, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. The Central Rotunda is the Reading Room. It is of impressive proportions and rich in materials of construction and adornment-" Postcard was never mailed
Library of Congress Grand Staircase
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "GRAND STAIRCASE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. One of the two marble staircases in the Central Stair Hall. The rich carvings are by Martiny, who designed also the Bronze Lamp Bearers of the newel posts." Postcard was never mailed
Library of Congress (13)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionGRAND STAIRCASE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Library of Congress (6)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collectionand the cresting of the dome terminates in a gilded finial representing the torch of Science ever burning.
Library of Congress (16)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionREADING ROOM, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Library of Congress (18)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionRELIGION, BY CHARLES S. PEARCE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Washington's Library, Mount Vernon, VA
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "In the Library on notes, not without curiosity, the titles of the books which made up the reading of the master of Mount Vernon, as soldier, statesman, and farmer; for while the books are not those actually owned by Washington, they are for the most part duplicates of such works as were here in his day. Nearly the whole of the original Washington ...
The Printing Press.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionOn front: The Printing Press. Evolution of the Book Series. On back: The Printing Press, by John W. Alexander. Mural Painting in the Library of Congress Washington, D. C. Gutenberg, the inventor of printing, is reading a proof which has just come from the press.
Carnegie Library, Washington
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionThe Carnegie Library is an ornate white marble structure, given to Washington by Andrew Carnegie." Postcard was never mailed.
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "The Library of Congress faces the east front of the U.S. Capitol with its beautiful grounds intervening. It is the custodian of several million books and pamphlets and the supervisory agent of the copyright organization. It has every facility for efficient service, a book carrier that acts with almost human intelligence; a hydraulic window closer;...
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Image | 1930-1945 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY; The Folger Library was bequeathed to the Trustees of Amherst College by Henry Clay Folger of the Amherst class of 1879, and has a $10,000,000 endowment fund. The white marble building is a treasure house; within the protecting walls is "the finest collection of Shakespeariana the world has known," including more tha...
Library of Congress (2)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "This view of the Library of Congress and House Office Building from Dome of the U.S. Capitol is looking southeast and give the stranger to the Capitol City, an idea of the artistic plan of the treatment, instituted by Major L'Enfant, the great French engineer, who laid out the city at the solicitation of George Washington." Postcard was never mailed.
Library of Congress (17)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionStudy" By Charles S. Pearce, Library of Congress.
Hieroglyphics at the Library of Congress
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "THE HIEROGLYPHICS, BY JOHN W. ALEXANDER, MURAL PAINTING, IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. Hieroglyphics chisled upon the face of a Monumental tomb by the Egyptian stone cutters." Postcard was never mailed
Congressional Library North Corridor
Image | 1916 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPart of Souvenir Folder of Library of Congress (ALA0004969). Caption reads: "THE FAMILY.-Charles Sprague Fearce. In THE FAMILY the central figure is the child in arms, which the mother holds out to crow a welcome to the father just returned from the hunt. There are two older sisters in the group, while the grandfather and the grandmother look on with fond affection. From Pra...

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