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A Joint Session of the Senate and House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Stereoview

Stereoview with two nearly identical black and white photographs of a full House Chamber from the side, arranged side by side on gray cardboard. Seated attendees look towards the rostrum, and spectators sit in the galleries. Text reads: “A joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.,” with maker’s information./tiles/collection/5/51763.xml
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Reverse of stereoview with printed text reading, “You are looking from the western gallery of the House of Representatives, during Secretary Hay’s famous Eulogy on President McKinley, February 27, 1902 (as it happened, the twentieth anniversary of Blaine’s Eulogy on President Garfield, when McKinley was chairman of the committee of arrangements). The two houses are in joint session, with the Cabinet, the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Diplomatic Corps, representatives of the Army and Navy, and distinguished guests, including Prince Henry of Prussia. Secretary Hay you see addressing the assembly. President Roosevelt sits in the front row of seats directly facing the speaker, in a high-backed chair next that centre-aisle. Prince Henry is at his right hand in the other high-backed chair this side of the Chief Magistrate. Just across the aisle from the President, in the front row of seats, is Chief Justice Fuller; and beyond him in regular order are Associate Justices Harlan, Brewer, Brown, Shiras, White, Peckham, and McKenna. Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador (since deceased) sits in the chair directly behind that of Chief Justice Fuller. The gentlemen in that row beyond him are all members of the diplomatic corps. Minister Wu, the Chinese ambassador, is easily distinguishable (the seventh man beyond Lord Pauncefote) as he leans forward in his seat. Opposite you, General Miles, conspicuous with his military sash, is just beyond Secretary Hay. The front seats on this side of the semicircular curve are occupied chiefly by members of the Cabinet. The second man this side of Prince Henry is Attorney-General Knox. The sixth man this side of Prince Henry (directly in front of you, between you and the speaker), is the new Cabinet member, Secretary Cortelyou of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The nearer one of the two men sitting behind Secretary Hay, next the south wall, is Henderson of Iowa, the Speaker of the House. The President of the Senate, Frye of Maine, sits just beyond him. A Touching Tribute to McKinley’s Memory — Secretary Hay’s Eulogy. Washington, D. C.” The final line is also written in French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian./tiles/collection/5/51762.xml
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Stereoview with two nearly identical black and white photographs of a full House Chamber from the side, arranged side by side on gray cardboard. Seated attendees look towards the rostrum, and spectators sit in the galleries. Text reads: “A joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.,” with maker’s information.
Reverse of stereoview with printed text reading, “You are looking from the western gallery of the House of Representatives, during Secretary Hay’s famous Eulogy on President McKinley, February 27, 1902 (as it happened, the twentieth anniversary of Blaine’s Eulogy on President Garfield, when McKinley was chairman of the committee of arrangements). The two houses are in joint session, with the Cabinet, the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Diplomatic Corps, representatives of the Army and Navy, and distinguished guests, including Prince Henry of Prussia. Secretary Hay you see addressing the assembly. President Roosevelt sits in the front row of seats directly facing the speaker, in a high-backed chair next that centre-aisle. Prince Henry is at his right hand in the other high-backed chair this side of the Chief Magistrate. Just across the aisle from the President, in the front row of seats, is Chief Justice Fuller; and beyond him in regular order are Associate Justices Harlan, Brewer, Brown, Shiras, White, Peckham, and McKenna. Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador (since deceased) sits in the chair directly behind that of Chief Justice Fuller. The gentlemen in that row beyond him are all members of the diplomatic corps. Minister Wu, the Chinese ambassador, is easily distinguishable (the seventh man beyond Lord Pauncefote) as he leans forward in his seat. Opposite you, General Miles, conspicuous with his military sash, is just beyond Secretary Hay. The front seats on this side of the semicircular curve are occupied chiefly by members of the Cabinet. The second man this side of Prince Henry is Attorney-General Knox. The sixth man this side of Prince Henry (directly in front of you, between you and the speaker), is the new Cabinet member, Secretary Cortelyou of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The nearer one of the two men sitting behind Secretary Hay, next the south wall, is Henderson of Iowa, the Speaker of the House. The President of the Senate, Frye of Maine, sits just beyond him. A Touching Tribute to McKinley’s Memory — Secretary Hay’s Eulogy. Washington, D. C.” The final line is also written in French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian.
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Date

1902-02-27

Publisher

Underwood and Underwood

Dimensions

3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)

Accession Number

2008.177.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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