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File:Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of John Day in North Corridor. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. LCCN2007684435.tif

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English: Title: Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of John Day in North Corridor. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.

Notes: Exhibit caption: "Printers' marks were a type of self-protection akin to a trademark or copyright today. Sometimes they protected privileges granted by kings or religious leaders. Often they incorporated mottoes and were based on the names of kings or religious leaders. Mottoes were often in Latin and sometimes in Greek or Hebrew. There are fifty-six printers' marks around the ceiling on this level." (Source: MyLOC.gov Great Hall exhibit, 2008); Title devised by Library staff.; Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Date Taken on 31 March 2007, 22:16 (according to Exif data)
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Carol M. Highsmith  (1946–)  wikidata:Q5044454
 
Carol M. Highsmith
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Birth name: Carol Louise McKinney

Artist name: Carol M. Highsmith
Carol McKinney Highsmith
Description American photographer and architectural photographer
Date of birth 18 May 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Leaksville, North Carolina
Work period 1981-
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United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5044454
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Public domain This work is from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
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