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Historic Objects & Artifacts
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J. Franklin Little: Senate Page (1910-1912)
"Never more than two hours at a time, and always backwards."
Little recalls the Senate's habit of turning back the clock to delay the midnight deadline at the end of a legislative session.
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"I was chief filler-upper of snuff boxes."
Little recalls his page duty of filling the snuff boxes in the Senate Chamber, and reflects on other objects in the Chamber.
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Donald J. Detwiler: Senate Page (1917-1918)
Detwiler recalls pieces of the Senate's material culture, including mahogany lockers in the cloakroom and marble bathtubs in the basement of the Capitol.
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"Each senator's desk had holes in the bottom."
Detwiler reflects on a "typical" day as a Senate Page, and how the Senate Chamber was ventilated at the time
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Leonard H. Ballard: Inspector, United States Capitol Police
"...that light fixture up there is a pineapple. "
Ballard recounts a unique memory of Hawaii Senator Hiram Fong.