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Hat Tree

Black and white photograph showing a combined wooden hat tree and umbrella stand in the corner of a room. A furry hat and an umbrella rest on the hat tree. A candlestick, mantel clock and photograph are visible on a fireplace mantel, and a chandelier is reflected in a mirror./tiles/collection/1/10075.xml
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Reverse of photograph with maker’s information and caption reading, “An ancient umbrella stand and hat tree, used in the corridors of the Capitol in the forties, has been found and restored by clerical workers in the House of Representatives and presented as a wedding anniversary gift to William Tyler Page, clerk of the House. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams, who served in the House after he was President, are some of the notables who used the tree. On the tree now rests an ancient woolly topper once worn by ‘Uncle Joe’ Cannon. Mr. Page will take the relic to his home in Lexington, Ky.”/tiles/collection/1/10746.xml
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Black and white photograph showing a combined wooden hat tree and umbrella stand in the corner of a room. A furry hat and an umbrella rest on the hat tree. A candlestick, mantel clock and photograph are visible on a fireplace mantel, and a chandelier is reflected in a mirror.
Reverse of photograph with maker’s information and caption reading, “An ancient umbrella stand and hat tree, used in the corridors of the Capitol in the forties, has been found and restored by clerical workers in the House of Representatives and presented as a wedding anniversary gift to William Tyler Page, clerk of the House. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams, who served in the House after he was President, are some of the notables who used the tree. On the tree now rests an ancient woolly topper once worn by ‘Uncle Joe’ Cannon. Mr. Page will take the relic to his home in Lexington, Ky.”
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Date

1920-07-20

Maker

Harris & Ewing

Dimensions

7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

PA2013.06.0009

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

In the 19th century, this hat tree and umbrella stand held the accessories of Representatives in the Capitol. The photograph shows Speaker Joseph Cannon’s beaver top hat, which he kept throughout his long House tenure. In 1920, the hat tree was presented to Clerk of the House William Tyler Page as a wedding anniversary gift.

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