Progressive Era

A sepia-toned 1912 photograph of the Kansas State Capitol with men in period-accurate suits and early automobiles.
A monochrome photograph of the 1901 Alabama Constitutional Convention delegates seated in the state capitol.
A monochrome 1905 photograph of the Colorado State Capitol chamber filled with men in Edwardian suits during a legislative session.
Governor Frank Lowden sits at his desk in the Illinois State Capitol in 1917, symbolizing the centralization of executive power.
Massachusetts State Guard members in WWI-style uniforms patrol a Boston street during the 1919 police strike.
A 1913 black-and-white photograph of a segregated federal office in Washington, D.C., showing a wooden partition dividing the workspace.
A sepia-toned 1905 street scene in San Francisco showing people in Edwardian clothing walking past Victorian buildings.
A monochrome 1913 photograph of California legislators in period-accurate suits standing outside the state capitol building.
A crowded 1899 New York hearing room during the Mazet Committee investigation into Tammany Hall corruption.