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Garner gives gavel, official final act on Hill. Whenever Congress closes its doors, one of the last rites concerns Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Secretary of the U.S. Senate, who receives official Senate gavel from vice President Garner. It remains stowed away until Congress convenes again
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Garner gives gavel, official final act on Hill. Whenever Congress closes its doors, one of the last rites concerns Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Secretary of the U.S. Senate, who receives official Senate gavel from vice President Garner. It remains stowed away until Congress convenes again

Harris & Ewing · 1934-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineGarner gives gavel, official final act on Hill. Whenever Congress closes its doors, one of the last rites concerns Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Secretary of the U.S. Senate, who receives official Senate gave. 1934-01-01. Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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