In the event of a temporary shutdown of the federal government effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, all Library of Congress buildings will be CLOSED to the public and researchers. All public events will be cancelled until the shutdown is concluded and federal funding resumed. More information.
The scans of maps placed online by the Geography and Map Division are available to download in GIF, JPEG, JP2000, and TIFF formats. If you look underneath the thumbnail image in the catalog record, you will see a download menu with various scans available to download at no cost. The TIFF file is the highest resolution scan.
