Gilded Age

A black-and-white 1890 photograph of the U.S. Capitol with horse-drawn carriages in the foreground.
A sepia-toned 1892 photograph of men in formal Gilded Age clothing gathered outside a classical government building in New Orleans.
A sepia-toned photograph of a busy Boston street in 1885 featuring Victorian architecture and period-accurate clothing.
President Grover Cleveland sits at a mahogany desk in a Victorian-era White House office, representing the era of the 1887 Tenure of Office Act repeal.
A sepia-toned photograph of a crowded 1894 legislative hearing room with men in Victorian attire.
A monochrome photograph of the empty Oregon House chamber in 1897 during a legislative deadlock.
A sepia-toned 1899 scene of the Montana state legislature during the Gilded Age.
A monochrome 1891 photograph of men in a Michigan polling station using new wooden voting booths.
A historical monochrome photo of men in 19th-century attire gathered outside the Maine State House in the snow.