Gilded Age
A period in U.S. history that was characterized by industrialization, political corruption, and the concentration of wealth.
Gilded Age
A period in U.S. history that was characterized by industrialization, political corruption, and the concentration of wealth.
Works of Art
Artists
Jacob Riis, Baxter Street, 1888–90, rom How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York, 1890 (The Museum of the City of New York)