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Keywords: Great Hall. Spandrels displaying Olin L. Warner's The Students in the Commemorative Arch. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. LCCN2007684259.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp highsm; Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title devised by Library staff ; Exhibit caption Youth and Old Age Archway This Memorial Arch shows a young student seeking knowledge through reading On the right an older man with flowing beard is shown absorbed in meditation no longer concerned so much with a source of learning because the old man observes life and engages in original reflection and thought Along the frieze are the words Library of Congress inscribed in tall gilt letters A second inscription names those involved in the building of the Library The text reads Erected Under the Acts of Congress of April 15 1886; October 2 1888; and March 2 1889 by Brig Gen Thos Lincoln Casey Chief of Engineers U S A Bernard R Green Supt and Engineer John L Smithmeyer Architect Paul J Pelz Architect Edward Pearce Casey Architect Source MyLOC gov Great Hall exhibit 2008 2007 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2007684259 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/01900/01959a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 01959 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 01959 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Photographs by Carol M Highsmith
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