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Page School Graduation Ceremony Record (Parts 1 and 2)

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Date

1954-06-14

Maker

Joint Senate and House Recording Facility

Dimensions

Diameter: 12 in. (30.5 cm)

Accession Number

2005.014.001a

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of George Trumpore, Capitol Page School 1954

Object Details

This phonographic record is the first in a set of four discs that comprise the complete recording of commencement exercises for the Capitol Page School’s Class of 1954. This particular record begins with an invocation by Senate Chaplain Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, followed by part of a speech by valedictorian Karl Derek Hawver, as well as comments by the vice president of the senior class—and future Member of Congress—Paul E. Kanjorski.

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