Library of Congress Reading Room for the Blind, ca. 1902
The Library of Congress opened a reading room for the blind in 1897, shortly after opening the building now known as the “Thomas Jefferson Building.” In this- photograph, a group of people are gathered in a reading room located in the northeast corner of the building on the ground floor. The space held approximately five hundred braille books and music items. By 1912, the collection had grown to two thousand volumes.
The Library of Congress opened a reading room for the blind in 1897, shortly after opening the building now known as the “Thomas Jefferson Building.” In this- photograph, a group of people are gathered in a reading room located in the northeast corner of the building on the ground floor. The space held approximately five hundred braille books and music items. By 1912, the collection had grown to two thousand volumes.