1. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
It costs a dime to look through this Bausch and Lomb high power telescope
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
Zoom In Inquiry

2. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the
What might we learn about American history from primary sources?
Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the
big picture.

3. Describe what you see in this image.

4. What new things do you see?

5. Make a hypothesis about what is happening in this picture.

6. Does this image represent the time period before the Civil War or the period after the Civil War, during Reconstruction and Industrialization?

7. After the Civil War
Prove this image is from the Reconstruction & Industrialization period by pointing to evidence.

8. The style of dress
Tall city buildings
Paved streets
Women Marching
Signs and banners “Votes for Women were part of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Click to show some answers. What other evidence do you see?

9. What might the group of people in this image have been supporting?

10. Unknown. (1912). [Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912]
Unknown. (1912). [Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912]. Library of Congress: American Memory, By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures,

11. What is the “big picture?”
How do the interaction of cultures lead to change?

12. Examine these primary sources to determine how they help us further understand how minority groups helped shape the life of the United States from Reconstruction to World War Two.
Hine, L. (c ). 3 year old girl and 2 boys hulling berries at Johnson's Canning Camp, Seaford, Del. Location: Seaford, Delaware. Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.
Thulstrup, T. (1995) The massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming / drawn by T. de Thulstrup from photographs by Lieutenant C.A. Booth, Seventh United States Infantry. Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.
Waud, A.(1867). "The First Vote.“ From Harper's Weekly, November 16, Library of Congress: American Memory, American Treasures.