During a political career that spanned nearly a half-century, Ted Kennedy accumulated a lifetime of noteworthy keepsakes and family heirlooms.

These photos, taken from two separate Kennedy offices in Washington, D.C., (one at the Russell Senate Building and one on Capitol Hill), show some of the items that once adorned the late senator's workspace.

This green wooden table, pictured, was made for Kennedy by his children with the rudder of one of his boats.