The 1890s sat on the edge of two centuries — still dusty from the Wild West, but already humming with the first flickers of ...

Forget the movie glamour—what would a real Moulin Rouge dress from the 1890s actually look like? In this video, I reimagine ...

Cyclists across the country proudly posed with their wheels, such as this woman in this 1890s tintype. In doing so, they declared their embrace—and mastery—of the new technology. For many, a bicycle ...

In 1890, it was the protectionist side of the GOP that won the internecine battle. ... The American fashion industry could not compete with French styles, ...

In the American Masters film on West’s life, historian and author Marybeth Hamilton talked about the success of West’s 1927 play set in the 1890s, “Diamond Lil”: ...

The poster, like all popular arts, exists in a parallel world to the loftier fine arts, and as an advertising medium it is a sort of people’s gallery with a direct, universal message. This mo… ...