Author: Michael L. Keene

Paper dolls might seem the height of simplicity--quaint but simple toys, nothing more. But through the centuries paper figures have reflected re...

From 1880 to 1920, the first truly national visual culture developed in the United States as a result of the completion of the Pacific Railroad....

During the years 1880 to 1940, the glory days of the American circus, a third to a half of the cast members were women--a large group of very vi...