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Carnegie Library, Washington, D.C.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
Folger Shakesperian Library Reading Room
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington. Administered by the Trustees of Amherst College." Postcard was never mailed.
Library of Congress (7)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCongressional Library, Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress (12)
Image | 1900 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNORTH STAIRCASE, CENTRAL STAIR HALL, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC CO.
Library of Congress (19)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionTHE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D. C., The Gutenberg Bible
Folger Shakespeare Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionOn front: Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D. C. On back: Folger Shakespeare Library. East Capitol and 2nd Streets. This important addition to the cultural wealth of the nation was the gift of the late Henry C. Folger. The collection includes more than 70,000 volumes, as well as pictures and other relics of the great poet's life and work. The library has a $10,000,000...
Labor. Library of Congress
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionLabor By Charles S. Pearce. Library of Congress.
Folger Shakespearian Library, Washington, D.C. (4)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionThe Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, Administered by the Trustees of Amherst College, The Reading Room, general view, Photograph by Horydczak
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
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...
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...
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.
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
Washington Public Library District of Columbia
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionWashington Public Library District of Columbia
Folger Shakespearian Library, Washington, D.C.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionFOLGER SHAKESPEARIAN LIBRARY, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Folger Shakespearian Library, Washington, D.C. (2)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionThe Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, Administered by the Trustees of Amherst College, Main Facade and West Entrance, Paul Philippe Cret, Architect, Alexander B. Trowbridge, Consulting Architect, Photograph by Horydczak
Library of Congress (11)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionHALL OF COLUMNS, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON D. C.
Library of Congress (2)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionLibrary of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Folger Shakespeare Library (2)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY East Capitol at 2nd Street, N. E. Gift of Henry Clay Folger, to house Folger Collection of Shakespeariana. Begun 1930, dedicated 1932. White Georgia Marble. Paul P. Cret, Architect; A. B. Trowbridge, Consultant; John Gregory, Sculptor." Postcard was never mailed
Reading Room in Rotunda, Library of Congress
Image | 1901 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
Court of Neptune
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionOn front: Court of Neptune; In front of Congressional Library, Washington, D. C. On back: The Bronze Fountain by Hinton Perry, in front of the Library of Congress, Washington, represents the Court of Neptune, with conch-blowing tritons, sea nymphs, sea horses, serpents, frogs, and turtles.
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.
Library of Congress
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionMain Reading Room, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Congressional Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. 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...
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...
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
Folger Shakespeare Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY. East Capitol and 2nd Streets. This important addition to the cultural wealth of the nation was the gift of the late Henry C. Folger. The collection includes more than 70,000 volumes, as well as pictures and other relics of the great poet's life and work. The library has a $10,000,000 endowment fund, administered by the ...
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.
Library of Congress (4)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionLibrary of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Library of Congress (8)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionLibrary of Congress and Annex, Washington D. C.
Library of Congress (1)
Image | 1912 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collectionand the cresting of the dome terminates in a gilded finial representing the torch of Science ever burning.
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
South Hall of Entrance Pavilion, Library of Congress
Image | 1900 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
Religion. Library of Congress
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionReligion By Charles S. Pearce. Library of Congress.
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.
Library of Congress
Image | 1915 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the front reads: "Congressional Library, Washington, D.C." Postcard was never mailed.
Folger Shakespearian Library, Washington, D.C. (3)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionThe Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, Administered by the Trustees of Amherst College, The Second Street Faade, the fountain, and the figure of Puck by Brenda Putnam, Photography by William Rittase
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
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 ...

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