Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›An ancient umbrella stand and hat tree, used in the corridors of the Capitol in the forties, has been found and restored by clerical workers in the House of Representatives and presented as a wedding anniversary gift to William Tyler Page, clerk of the House. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams, who served in the House after he was President, are some of the notables who used the tree. On the tree now rests an ancient woolly topper once work by "Uncle Joe" Cannon. Mr. Page will take the relic to his home in Lexington, Ky.
An ancient umbrella stand and hat tree, used in the corridors of the Capitol in the forties, has been found and restored by clerical workers in the House of Representatives and presented as a wedding anniversary gift to William Tyler Page, clerk of the House. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams, who served in the House after he was President, are some of the notables who used the tree. On the tree now rests an ancient woolly topper once work by "Uncle Joe" Cannon. Mr. Page will take the relic to his home in Lexington, Ky.
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An ancient umbrella stand and hat tree, used in the corridors of the Capitol in the forties, has been found and restored by clerical workers in the House of Representatives and presented as a wedding anniversary gift to William Tyler Page, clerk of the House. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams, who served in the House after he was President, are some of the notables who used the tree. On the tree now rests an ancient woolly topper once work by "Uncle Joe" Cannon. Mr. Page will take the relic to his home in Lexington, Ky.

Harris & Ewing · [ca. July 1920]

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