 Autogiro airplane, with Senator Hiram Bingham as a passenger, takes off from the east plaza of the Capitol, July 1931. [Library of Congress LC-USZ62-111347]  Senator George Wharton Pepper (PA) takes time for a game of baseball with Senate pages on the Capitol grounds. [Senate Historical Office]  Bonus Marchers await the outcome of the Senate vote on the 'bonus bill' for veterans of the First World War, 1932. [Senate Historical Office]  Representative T.S. McMillan of Charleston, SC, watches as flappers do the Charleston with the Capitol in the background, 1920's. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-93721]  Senate Sergeant at Arms Charles Higgins turns forward the Ohio Clock for the first Daylight Saving Time, while Senators William Calder (NY), William Saulsbury, Jr. (DE), and Joseph T. Robinson (AR) look on, 1918. [Senate Historical Office]  Fire fighters extend their ladders as they fight a fire at the Capitol, 1930. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-92400]  Two women fry eggs on a cement wall near the Capitol, 1929. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-87410]  Trucks from the Government Printing Office line the front of the Capitol, ready to unload copies of the Congressional Record, 1920's. [Senate Historical Office]  Native American chiefs of the Yakama tribe pose in front of the Capitol, 1927. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-111354]  The Library of Congress, seen here around 1890, was originally located in the Capitol. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-598]  A maintenance worker mows the Capitol lawn. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-87967]  Young newsboys pause from selling papers to pose in front of the Capitol, 1912. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-30472]  The smallest Senate page and the largest Capitol police officer, 1940. [Senate Historical Office]  A Senate page at work in the Senate Chamber. [Senate Historical Office]  Senate Chaplain Zebarney Phillips opens the Senate session with a prayer, February 21, 1939. [Senate Historical Office]  Official Reporters of Debates in their Capitol office, 1908. [Senate Historical Office]  Workers use trucks and hoses to spray the trees on the Capitol grounds. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-77387]  Workers pause from cleaning the Statue of Freedom on top of the U.S. Capitol Dome. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-104012]  Early Senate subway car carries passengers between the Capitol and the Senate office building. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-20642]  Streetcars on the Capitol grounds. [Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-10027]  France presents two Sevres vases to the U.S. Senate on the Capitol steps, 1918. The vases now stand in the Senate Lobby. [Senate Historical Office] |
