Progressive 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.
A black-and-white photograph from 1912 showing men in period-accurate suits standing near a classical government building.
A group of early 20th-century farmers in North Dakota gather near a stone building and vintage automobiles.
A 1910 political rally in a California town square featuring a vintage car and a large crowd.