by Hannah Cullum | Nov 22, 2025
Bernhard Gillam, known for his critiques of big business and political corruption, created the political cartoon “The Protectors of our Industries” in 1883, a time when the United States experienced a big change in the economy, society, and culture. Gillam was well...
by Maritza Irizarry | Nov 21, 2025
Joseph Keppler’s “Uncle Sam’s Lodging-House,” published as the centerfold of Puck on June 7, 1882, is a revealing commentary on late-nineteenth-century American anxieties surrounding immigration, urban housing, and political disorder. It was created by Keppler, an...
by Allison Olivieri | Nov 21, 2025
The evolution of cinema has come a long way, as it is an art form where films can now be easily created and shared. In the early 1900s, motion pictures were the new talk of the town as it was a new form of entertainment. Traveling shows brought excitement to those who...
by Jihad Khater | Nov 21, 2025
Take a look at the poster called Path to Citizenship from 1917. It instructs immigrants to learn English and apply for citizenship. The message appears in English, German, Hungarian, Czech, Yiddish, and Italian. This reflects the diversity of immigrants arriving in...
by Kimberly Stewart | Nov 21, 2025
This piece [1], an illustration created for the book The World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 and published by P.W. Ziegler and co. in 1893, shows a largely obscure yet extremely critical component of one of America’s most pivotal world’s fairs. The...