In 1906, Mark Twain appeared in the Library’s Congressional Reading Room to testify before Congress about a copyright reform bill while debuting a new look: the all-white suit that would become ...

The Library Company reading room on Juniper Street in Philadelphia ... the Library Company served as the first de facto Library of Congress while the federal government was in Philadelphia.

Inside, members of both houses of Congress debate and create national ... a stroll through the Thomas Jefferson Building's Main Reading Room, which features a grand domed ceiling, mahogany desks ...