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Senate Chamber Desks
URL: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/special/Desks/default.cfm

Description:
This presentation features historical details about the U.S. Senate chamber desks. "The Senate purchased 48 desks for its chamber in 1819, adding desks as new states joined the Union. To date, more than 1,600 senators have occupied these historic desks." Features a Senate seating plan, an interactive timeline of the evolution of the desks, and "desk history & mystery" (which includes a section about the so-called "Candy Desk"). From the U.S. Senate.

LII Topics: Congress, Crafts, Federal (U.S.) Government, Furniture Design

Publisher:
United States Senate

Extra Keywords
Cherokee Strip

LII Database Information:
Record 22939 created by Jennifer English on 11/21/2006
Last modification on 01/08/2007
Published: 01/10/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22939

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