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April 29, 1922 Saturday Evening Post Cover
Scrawny boy attempts to "be a man," through physical fitness.
August 1912 The Ladies' Home Journal Cover
Athletic girls canoeing on the cover of The Ladies' Home Journal.
August 1933 Weird Tales Cover
Kidnapped female victim in Seabury Quinn's "The Chosen of Vishnu."
Automobile Industry
Men work together to rebuild automobile industry.
Brevities, December 14, 1931
A cartoon illustration depicting an effeminate man from the magazine Broadway Brevities. Its main message is that there is "no difference" between women and the effeminate man in the picture.
Brevities, July 4, 1932
A headline from Broadway Brevities describing homosexuality in Boston.
Children Playing in Hull-House, ca. 1900
The Progressive-Era brought about many reforms to help the impoverished. This is a picture of children playing in one of Jane Addams' hull houses, a building created to shelter the impoverished.
Colgate's Softens the Beard at the Base
This is an advertisement for Colgate shaving cream. The ad emphasizes the importance of a man's personal appearance by stating that the shaved face had become a social requirement.
Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, hands behind head
A photo of popular bodybuilder Eugen Sandow who used his body to create an idealized image of manhood during the Progressive Era.
February 1935 Weird Tales Cover
Female captives in Seabury Quinn's "The Web of Living Death."