A monthly roundup of Gilded Age and Progressive Era news articles and blog posts from around the web.
A labor history of Georgia peaches
Rhubarb marmalade and other “pie plant” recipes from historical cookbooks
Lyndhurst Mansion in New York is hosting a 1920s fashion exhibition
A family history in the turpentine industry
New radio series on Rickwood, America’s oldest ballpark
Considering intimacy in the history of Black women’s exercise
The problem of privacy in the age of the Kodak
Networks between Black freedom and the Indian liberation movements
The story of California’s “Mexican-Hindus”
O.J. Gude’s innovative design of the marketable Times Square
Tuskegee Normal School, now Tuskegee University, opened on July 4, 1881
Updates to Congress.gov make it easier to research Senate treaties
Boxer Leo Phillip Lamar and his Ozark Club broke color lines in Great Falls, Montana
Architectural history through the perspective of Instagram users
Presidential age concerns from the Founders to Reagan
Swimming pools in the visual archives
Violence against elected officials in historical context
In 1891, New Orleans vigilantes attacked Italian Americans at Old Parish Prison
A collection of primary sources for teaching Reconstruction
Presidential assassination attempts, including Theodore Roosevelt
Podcast episode on the history of deaf education in the United States
Paintings pulled from the flames of the Great Chicago Fire
Photographs from the Exhibit of American Negroes, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois for the Paris Exposition of 1900
How people kept cool before air conditioning
The bizarre spectacle that was the 1904 Olympic marathon
Podcast episode on the history of thinness
Frederick Winslow Taylor’s Scientific Management in Library of Congress sources
Women composers of the Lost Generation
The long “tail” of the cat lady trope
“Tarzan” versus the “Ambassador of Aloha” in the 100-meter freestyle race at the 1924 Paris Olympics
After serving in the United States Navy, Kym pursued her education and true passion of history. Kym taught as an adjunct for six years prior to continuing her education. She is currently a History PhD student and Fellow at the University of Montana, focusing on public health in the Progressive Era.
Laura Crossley is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the SHGAPE Blog. She is a history PhD candidate at George Mason University, specializing in digital history and Indigenous histories. Her dissertation examines how political debates over land, statehood, and Native sovereignty in the American West played out at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.