the Progressive Era is an underappreciated passage in American history. Roughly covering the 1900s and 1910s, the period earned its rather grandiose name thanks to sweeping social reforms ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

If you have a bunch of antiques from the 1900s in your basement ... the long socks and the fancy overcoat. ‘The American Revolution’ by John Fiske ‘The American Revolution’ by John ...