In 1913, women suffragists staged demonstrations in major cities as the fight for the right to vote intensified.
In 1913, women suffragists staged demonstrations in major cities as the fight for the right to vote intensified.
Many African-Americans turned to sharecropping after the Civil War and continued to live in poverty.
Many African-Americans turned to sharecropping after the Civil War and continued to live in poverty.
Young Native Americans are shown at work on tribal lands, 1901.
Young Native Americans are shown at work on tribal lands, 1901.
The Senate Four (left to right): Orville Platt, John Spooner, William Allison, and Nelson Aldrich, meet informally at Aldrich’s Newport, Rhode Island, estate in 1903.
The Senate Four (left to right): Orville Platt, John Spooner, William Allison, and Nelson Aldrich, meet informally at Aldrich’s Newport, Rhode Island, estate in 1903.
The R.M.S. Titanic sets out from the White Star Line dock at Southampton, England on April 10, 1912.
The R.M.S. Titanic sets out from the White Star Line dock at Southampton, England on April 10, 1912.
Election scene at Washington, June 3, 1867, sketched by A.W. M’Callum.
Election scene at Washington, June 3, 1867, sketched by A.W. M’Callum.
Speaker Thomas B. Reed, by John Singer Sargent, 1891
Speaker Thomas B. Reed, by John Singer Sargent, 1891
