This is Who We Were : 1880-1899

This is Who We Were: 1880-1899 -- Table of Contents -- Essay: America, 1880-1899 -- Introduction -- Section One: Profiles -- Farmer and Community Leader in 1880 -- Telephone Company Executive in 1880 -- Educational Reformer and Teacher in Rural Wisconsin in 1881 -- Thirteen-Year-Old Orphan in 1882 -- Lawn Tennis Player in 1883 -- Railroad Construction Engineer in 1883 -- Chinese Immigrant Photographer's Assistant in 1884 -- Traveling Salesman and Entrepreneur in 1885 -- Shoe Lasting Machine Inventor in 1886 -- Cattle Rancher in 1888 -- Professional Baseball Player in 1888 -- New Teacher for the Dakota Sioux in 1888 -- Textile Mill Worker in 1890 -- Barbershop Quartet Member in 1891 -- West Point Graduate on the Frontier in 1891 -- Mining Company Owner in 1892 -- Sweet-Potato Farmer in 1892 -- Yale University Oarsman in 1893 -- Children's Aid Society Agent in 1894 -- Cash Register Inventor and Company Founder in 1895 -- Anti-Corset Campaigner in 1896 -- Salmon Cannery Cooperative Manager in 1896 -- Socially Prominent Bon Vivant in 1897 -- Housemaid in 1898 -- African American Wood Turner in 1898 -- Businessman in 1898 -- College Professor in 1898 -- Teenage Garment Industry Labor Organizer in 1898 -- Clarinetist in John Philip Sousa's Band in 1899 -- Section Two: Historical Snapshots -- Early 1880s -- Late 1880s/Early 1890s -- Late 1890s -- Section Three: Economy of the Times -- Annual Income, Standard Jobs -- Selected Prices -- The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2014 -- Section Four: All Around Us -- Section Five: Census Data -- State-by-State Comparative Tables: 1880,1900, and 2010 -- Total Population -- White Population -- Black Population -- American Indian/Alaska Native Population -- Asian Population -- Homeownership -- Eleventh Census of the United States: 1890. Population of the United States: Part I -- Progress of the Nation 1790-1890.