“The House of Representatives, in some respects, I think, is the most peculiar assemblage in the world,” Speaker Joe Cannon of Illinois once observed. Behind the legislation and procedure, House Members and staff have produced their own institutional history and heritage. Our blog, Whereas: Stories from the People’s House, tells their stories.
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Cloaked in Secrecy
Edition for Educators—The Capitol Campus
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Capitol Campus, Edition for Educators
If These Walls Could Talk
Lady Luck and the Office Lottery
Veteran-Artists in the House Collection—Part II
An Ode to Poetry at the Capitol
Becoming the Board of Education
Arcaded Street
Old D.C. from Above
Trading on the Capitol
The first trademark granted in the United States used an American eagle, and into the 21st century, marketing textbooks recommended using the Capitol to give products “borrowed interest” from patriotic consumers. Ambitious soap makers in the late 1800s used the iconic U.S. Capitol to give their wares a patriotic shine.
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Capitol Campus, Artifacts
Ups and Downs in the Capitol
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Capitol Campus, Photographs
The House Gets a Used Ford
On any given June day, summertime tourists visit their Representatives in the three House Office Buildings near the Capitol. But off the beaten path, at the foot of Capitol Hill, another House Office Building stands in relative obscurity. This is the story of the Ford House Office Building, an old structure that got a new lease on life, becoming the House’s own used Ford.