The case of Mayor Curley’s missing desk, one of Boston’s enduring mysteries, may have been solved. A mahogany desk found in a suburban garage may be the one used by populist Mayor James Michael Curley ...
On this day in 1950, the Senate voted unanimously to present a historic walnut desk to Vice President Alben Barkley (1877-1956) as “an expression of high appreciation.” Thomas Walter, the Capitol ...