Show americas 1 shrine of history 1 6 t 4 0 vr W founded act ac r by ay of congress IV 1 tk in 1800 the library of congress P ar at washington is today the largest of its size in the world its nucleus was thomas thom jeffersons collection and such treasures as the original constitution of the united states slates and the original articles of confederation shown above being examined by dr st george L since the library is growing constantly an annex was re bently added thousands of books will go over the above counter each year to servo serve the researches of scholars from all parts of the world who icho find reading rooms of the new annex an excellent place lop for study modernity strikes the staid library of congress above speed capsules vi a new gadget for shooting books through a foot tunnel in 23 seconds T wv or vat at the destination desti natio cushioned by a bank of air i which prevents damage to the books najt A X M many of the lib books are rare items like the above eliot indian bible of 1663 the first bible printed in america it is in the algonquin language and is bound in morocco at tell ie ft mr yalta valta parma of the library examines a collection of rare books in the lib incunabula mr parma is holding a volume of canon laic la iv pr irpS in ff venice |