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In Silent Tribute to Speaker Longworth

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In Silent Tribute to Speaker Longworth
In Silent Tribute to Speaker Longworth
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Date

1931-04-11

Maker

Associated Press

Dimensions

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

PA2011.07.0036b

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Lilies and ferns rested on the rostrum in silent tribute to Speaker Nicholas Longworth, who died suddenly in April 1931. Atop the wreath lay the gavel Longworth used to adjourn Congress just a month earlier. Such memorial tributes were often part of mourning the death of Speakers and former Speakers.

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