Progressive Era

A monochrome photograph of the crowded New Jersey Senate chamber in 1894, showing legislators in Victorian attire during a period of political crisis.
A monochrome photograph of New Jersey legislators in 1911 debating in an ornate wood-paneled chamber.
A monochrome 1911 street scene in Phoenix showing period clothing and early automobiles during the Arizona statehood era.
A monochrome 1912 photograph of a congressional hearing room during the Pujo Committee investigation into the Money Trust.
Delegates in three-piece suits sit at wooden desks inside the ornate Ohio Statehouse chamber during the 1912 Constitutional Convention.
Kansas Bank Commissioner Joseph Norman Dolley sits at his desk in 1911, surrounded by financial ledgers.
A black and white 1920s scene of politicians in suits hurriedly exiting a smoke-filled legislative chamber.
A group of Black soldiers in 1906 U.S. Army uniforms standing in formation at a military fort in Texas.