Using the Library of Congress for Reference

One of our favorite locations to find indispensable reference photographs here at N Scale Limited is the Library of Congress website.  It is chock full of images, data, building plans, and many other items to help answer questions and make you a better, more prototypically sound modeler.  To access the photographs there are a few steps to find them, to begin goto loc.gov site, then on the top of the page select the “Library Catalogs” button.  Next you want to select “Start Searching” under the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, then select the “Search the Catalog”.  Type in the subject you are looking for and when your search comes up I then hit the “Preview Images” button, some images will come up, however most are in groups and all you have to go off of is the description, some of the best items that I have found have been in the groups.

These are a few of my favorite photos I have found on the loc site by photographer Jack Delano, enjoy and happy hunting

http://www.loc.gov

• Reading News Building (7)
• New York Terminal Service Plant (3)
• Club Moderne (6)
• Architectural Reference: Metropolitan Building (0)
• Idaho Building (0)

About the Author

Chris Brimley — Co-founder of N scale Limited, Chris was bitten by the model railroading bug when he was 14, originally working with HO scale he soon discovered the limitless possibilities of N scale. It was only a few years ago when Chris decided that it was time to break free of the kit bubble and begin scratch building structures. The few structures Chris has built have gone on to acquire multiple Best of Show awards in NMRA and non-NMRA judged shows. He is also a member of the budding Junction City N-scalers modular club based out of Ogden, UT that will strive for the best of what N-scale modelers have to offer.