by Liam Hoyt | Dec 10, 2025
In 1893 Joseph Keppler, published a cartoon titled “Looking Backward” in Puck, a prominent magazine at the time. This cartoon emerged when the nation was having different discussions about immigration and what it meant to truly be American. The cartoon...
by Alexandra Rega | Dec 1, 2025
Curb on Child Labor Filling Schoolhouses After the Civil War, industry began to boom, and with an increase in industry, there was a need for an increase in workers. This meant children as young as 10 could be working in retail stores, industries, or even farms....
by Luisa Rodriguez | Dec 1, 2025
The Temperance Movement was something that affected Americans for many decades. The biggest supporter of this movement were women. Women witnessed firsthand the effects that alcohol had on their families, and it caused a lot of pain and trauma to them. This image...
by Amaal Elsammak | Nov 29, 2025
The photo of Sojourner Truth titled, I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance, was her way of taking control of society’s view of her as a black woman. This photo is a carte de visite, or calling card, which is a small card that people used to carry around during...
by Alberto Ramos | Nov 23, 2025
One of the most memorable events of the American Labor Movement occurred in 1894—the Pullman Strike—a major confrontation between labor and the Railroad Management that ultimately drew federal intervention [1]. An unknown political cartoonist wrote and illustrated...