Images and Artifacts

Capitol Building Pass, 1932

Capitol Building Pass, 1932

The Capitol building pass issued to then-Page Glenn Rupp.

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of Glenn Rupp

Congressional Baseball Program, 1932

Congressional Baseball Program, 1932

Billing the 1932 Congressional Baseball Game as the “Political World Series,” this program predicted that the outcome would dictate the next election’s results. The Republicans won the game, but the Democrats retained their House majority in the following Congress.

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of Glenn Rupp

Glenn Rupp

Glenn Rupp

After his time as a Page and service in the U.S. military, Glenn Rupp worked as a salesman and manager in the paper industry.

Image courtesy of the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

House Floor Staff at the Speaker’s Rostrum, 1930s

House Floor Staff at the Speaker?s Rostrum, 1930s

A group of House Floor staff are featured in front of the Speaker’s Rostrum in the 1930s. Glenn Rupp is second from the left in the front row, as Speaker of the House Joseph Byrns of Tennessee presides on the dais.

Image courtesy of Glenn Rupp, provided by Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

House Page Invitation Proclamation, 1936

House Page Invitation Proclamation, 1936

The 1936 proclamation inviting all the Pages to dine with Congressman Joseph B. Shannon of Missouri at the Shoreham Hotel, in Washington, D.C.

Image courtesy of the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Little Congress Club Card, c. 1935

Little Congress Club Card, c. 1935

In his interview, Glenn Rupp describes the Little Congress Club. “And they were mostly congressional secretaries, but there were Pages, and there were doorkeepers, and there were elevator operators, messengers in the post office, anybody on the government payroll, legislative payroll, could join for $2. And we would debate bills before they arrived in the House and Senate. We’d get them from the Government Printing Office, or the document room, and debate them in the old Cannon Building.”

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of Glenn Rupp

President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressing a Joint Session of Congress

President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressing a Joint Session of Congress

House Page Glenn Rupp can be seen in this image of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Annual Message. Seated at the lower left of the House Rostrum, Rupp recalled that he had left his post at the Chamber door to witness the proceedings.

Photograph, Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

World War I Bonus March at Capitol, 1932

World War I Bonus March at Capitol, 1932

World War I Bonus Marchers camp overnight on the East Front of the Capitol in 1932, during Glenn Rupp’s first year as a House Page.

Image courtesy of Library of Congress