The document discusses analyzing an unseen photograph based on descriptions of possible subjects and contexts. Three potential scenarios are described: 1) Young German boys riding bikes and saluting, suggesting opposition to Hitler. 2) Vietnam war soldiers spending downtime together. 3) Rich government officials and middle/lower class citizens during Prohibition, with officials pouring out alcohol. The document asks questions about the photographer's intent, historical importance, questions raised, potential captions, ways to find more context, and inferences that could be made without seeing the photo.

1. Who are the people in the photograph?
1. Young German boys
2. Vietnam soldiers
3. Rich (government) and middle-lower class
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
1. The young boys are riding bikes acting like they support Hitler (soluting) but they have the flag so
they are actually against hitler.
2. they are soldiers (guns) from the Vietnam war. The outfits provide evidence that it is the Vietnam
war. It was a very informal war.
3. the rich are pouring alcohol down the drain. The outfits and the time period prove it is the
prohibition era.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
1. Even young boys were against Hitler and had groups against him.
2. The soldiers gained friendships outside of battle
3. The government really wanted alcohol gone.
Why is this photograph important to history?
1. It was an important time period and it shows how young boys felt.
2. shows how soldiers spent their down time.
3. it shows how life was and how they really didn’t want alcohol.
What questions does this photograph raise?
1. who all was a part of the anti-hitler group? Why were they soluting?
2. What were they doing before the picture was taken?
3. how do the owners of taverns feel?

2. Write your own caption for the photograph:
1 “Tricking Hitler”
2. “Down time in Vietnam”
3. “No more alcohol”
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
1. Look up the bikes, look up the flag on the bike.
2. search when people of color could fight in the same platoon and the uniforms
3. Search the kind of hats and outfits.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1-
1. they are young boys
2. they are soldiers
3. The people dumping the alcohol are part of the government

3. 2-
1. they are soluting
2. they are in vietnam
3. the ones who arent are mad they are pouring the alochol out.
3-
1. they have packs on so they may have came from school or an organization.
2. they are all in the same platoon
3. it is the prohibiton era.