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It costs a dime to look through this Bausch and Lomb high power telescope
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
Zoom In Inquiry
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.
Make a hypothesis about what
is happening
in this picture.
Does this image represent the
Reconstruction &
Industrialization period or the
Post War period?
Post War
How do we know this image is from the Post
War time period?
List specific evidence that
you see.
Click to show some answers. What other evidence do you see?
The Magazine Date
The style of dress of the men.
The Vietnam War was in the Post War Period
The “March on Washington” (part of the Civil Rights Movement) was in the Post War Period
Ralph Abernathy was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement during the Post War Period.
Who might these men be
and why might they be
marching?
Who might these men be
and why might they be
marching?
Unkown (1963). Life Magazine, September 6, 1963. Library of Congress: Exhibitions: “With an Even hand” Brown v. Board at Fifty.
What is the “big
picture?”
How does the interaction of cultures lead to change?
Examine these primary sources to determine how they help us further
understand how minority groups helped shape the life of Post War America.
Green, W. C. (1961). [Willie Mays, standing, with his arm
around Roy Campanella]. Library of Congress: American Memory,
African American Odyssey.
Little Richard (1950). “Here’s Little Richard.” Library of
Congress: Exhibitions, John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of
British-American Relations.
New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection. (1954). “George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood
Marshall, and James Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Court decision declaring segregation unconstitutional, 1954.” Library of Congress: American Memory,
African American Odyssey.