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| José María Mora Miss Jean Turnure as an Egyptian Princess at the Vanderbilt Fancy-Dress Ball 1883 gelatin silver print Newport Mansions Preservation Society, Rhode Island |
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| Ludwig Sigmundt Scene at a Ball ca. 1890 watercolor on paper Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Peder Severin Krøyer Party at the Glyptotek under Electric Light 1888 oil on canvas Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen |
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| John Thomson Photography on The Common ca. 1875-80 Woodburytype print Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Henry Hamilton Bennett Self Portrait with Son and Daughters ca. 1887 albumen silver print Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Eugène Burnand In the Salon Carré of the Louvre ca. 1895 drawing Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Anonymous Photographer The Breakers ca. 1885 (the original mansion, destroyed by fire in 1892) albumen print Newport Historical Society, Rhode Island |
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| William Brymner In the Orchard (Spring) 1892 oil on canvas National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| Charles Arthur Cox Bearings 1897 lithograph (poster for cycling magazine) Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington |
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| Kobayashi Kiyochika Three Beauties: Kayo of Kyoto, Hitotsuru of Osaka, Kokichi of Tokyo 1877 color-woodblock print (imitating photography) Seattle Art Museum |
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| Clément-Auguste Andrieux Young Women at a Cabaret ca. 1875 watercolor on paper Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| George Hendrik Breitner Two Women ca. 1890 drawing Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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| William Blair Bruce Figure Study for painting, The Smiths ca. 1893-94 oil on canvas National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| Vincent van Gogh Workman's Meal Break 1882 lithograph Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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| Anonymous Maker (USA) Wedding Gown ca. 1881 silk satin and silk damask Denver Art Museum |
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| Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen Two Gigolos 1898 color aquatint Wichita Art Museum, Kansas |
"Among the new things that entered the world during these years [1870-1900], a partial list would include the following: barbed wire, earmuffs, the grain silo, blue jeans, the jockstrap, the mimeograph machine, the telephone, the dry-cell battery, the phonograph, the cable car, Heinz ketchup, Budweiser beer, the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, the cash register, the typewriter, the incandescent lightbulb, the carpet sweeper, the Transcontinental Express (New York to San Francisco in 83½ hours), moving pictures, the player piano, the electric iron, the fountain pen, the flexible film roll, the all-purpose fixed-focus camera, the self-powered machine gun, the revolving door, the AC motor and transformer, the paper clip, saltwater taffy, the skyscraper, the slot machine, the drinking straw, the Flexible Flyer sled, the pay telephone, the safety razor, the electric fan, the electric chair, the blowtorch, the Linotype machine, the trolley car, cornflakes, the ceiling fan, color photography, the automatic telephone exchange, the milking machine, Coca-Cola, wireless telegraphy, the dishwasher, the X-ray, basketball, the comic strip, the escalator, the tabulating machine, shredded wheat, the smoke detector, the zipper, the rotary dial telephone, the bottle cap, pinking shears, the mousetrap, medical gloves, volleyball, the voting machine, the vertical filing cabinet, the modern Olympic Games, the Boston Marathon, the portable motion-picture camera, the film projector, remote control, the internal combustion engine, the flyswatter, the thumbtack, and cotton candy."
– Paul Auster, from Burning Boy: the Life and Work of Stephen Crane (2021)