Gavel from McKinley's Home
May 4, 1939. Chamber of Commerce presents gavel turned from wood from home of to. Left to right: John A. Pearl, Canton; L. S. Hamaker, Canton; Garner,; Representative, Canton; A. B. Arbaugh, Canton. Garner said he would open the Senate with the Gavel.
- Date
- 1939-05-04
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,024 × 824 pixels
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