This document analyzes and summarizes 6 different historical photographs. For each photo, it describes the people and situation depicted, infers the photographer's message, explains the photo's historical importance, raises questions the photo brings up, provides a caption, and suggests ways to find more context about the photo. Key details are extracted from each photo to support the analysis. Overall, the document uses visual evidence from the photos to make informed interpretations about the people, time periods, and events portrayed.

1. Stephen Sutphin, Brenna Decker, Heather Fry, and Brianne Telerico
Who are the people in the photograph?
Image 1
o 4 people
o 3 Women and 1 man
Image 2
o Hitler
o A baby boy
o A women (Possibly a mother)
o A older women
Image 3
o African Americans
o White people
o Police
o Dogs
Image 4
o A man
o Statue of Liberty
Image 5
o A women
o A man
o A kid
o The statue of liberty.
Image 6
o A bunch of males
o Possibly a high ranking person in the army in the middle
o The person in the middles, bosses sitting in the back.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
Image 1
o Early 1900s
o Kitchen Setting
o More of a lower Class
o The house is a bit of a mess
o House professionally built
Image 2
o They are relatively happy to met Adolf.
o They are smiling and showing joy.
Image 3
o The African Americans are distressed.
o The cops are looking like they have intense hate.
Image 4
o Grim, the guy is dead and hanging from the statue.
Image 5
o Happy, the family is together staring at the statue.
Image 6

2. o Serious, it looks like the guy in the middle is in charge and bossing everybody
around.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
Image 1
o Somebody trying to show how lower class people live.
Image 2
o That people in Germany during the early 1900’s loved Hitler.
Image 3
o That racist America is a terrible place.
Image 4
o That liberty leads to death.
Image 5
o That people enjoy a good trip to the Statue of Liberty.
Image 6
o How ruthless higher-ranking people are.
Why is this photograph important to history?
Image 1
o It serves as a reminder to the world how bad the early 1900’s were.
Image 2
o It shows how Hitler rose to power.
Image 3
o It shows how racist America was at one point.
Image 4
o It shows that liberty is the cause of death.
Image 5
o Shows the struggles that America went through to be free.
Image 6
o It shows how military used to work.
What questions does this photograph raise?
Image 1
o Are that people house staffs for somebody?
o What are they preparing?
o Are they aware that they had a picture taken of them?
Image 2
o What could Hitler possibly be saying to the little boy?
Image 3
o Why is the man in the middle not running?
Image 4
o Why is the man hanging?
o Why is the man the size of the statue?
Image 5
o What is the little boy doing?
o Is the women wearing a head dress?
Image 6
o What is he checking?
o Is the man in the middle in the NAZI army during WW2

3. Write your own caption for the photograph:
Image 1
o Early 1900’s kitchen
Image 2
o Hitler makes friends.
Image 3
o Segregation in America.
Image 4
o Dead: Cause Liberty.
Image 5
o Family and Liberty.
Image 6
o Attention!
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
Images 1-6
o Put it in Google image search bar.
o Google the various items in the photograph to find out the time period of the
taken photos
o Look up the items of clothing they are wearing.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1)
1- We assume that the people in the photograph are of the lower class.
2- That the people are not on the house staff for a higher class person due to the condition of
the kitchen.
3- The people in the photo may all be in the same family. (Ie Sisters and Brother)
2)
1- The picture was taken in Germany.
2- The boy is Blonde Hair / Blue Eyed.
3- Hitler is happy.
3)
1- This picture was taken in Racist America.
2- The African American man in the middle is getting ate and needs to run.
3-Why is nobody in the back trying to help?
4)

4. 1- That liberty kills people.
2- That is not the real statue of liberty.
3- It was taken outside.
5)
1- The picture was taken at NYC.
2- The little boy is possiblly saluting.
3- It was kinda cloudy that day.
6)
1- The man in the middle is a higher ranking offical in the Miliatary
2- It is an old picture can tell by the windows.
3- The men don’t look very happy to be there so they may be there against there wills.