Photo Analysis Group

1. Photo #1:
Who are the people in the photograph? - Three women & a man
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the
photo that tells you this. - People cooking for an event. Looks like three women
working as a team with a man supervising. Many plates and lots of kitchen equipment
going
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey? - What it is like
to prepare meals.
Why is this photograph important to history? - It shows gender roles
What questions does this photograph raise? - What are they cooking and why?
Write your own caption for the photograph: "Dinner Time"
What could you do to find more information about this photograph? - Put it in
Google images
Basedon what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1- Women had more roles in the house
2- Making the food for an event and he is supervising.

2. 3- This is an older picture
Photo #2:
Who are the people in the photograph? - Hitler, a child, and two women
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the
photo that tells you this. - Hitler is shaking hands with a child much like a modern
president would kiss a baby.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey? - Hitler was kind
and cares for his people
Why is this photograph important to history? - Shows Hitler's influence on his people.
What questions does this photograph raise? What are they meeting for? Is it a political
rally?
Write your own caption for the photograph: "Hitler's future"
What could you do to find more information about this photograph? - Put it in
Google images

3. Basedon what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1- They are meeting for the first time
2- Not during war time
3- In Germany
Photo #3:
Who are the people in the photograph? - Cops and African Americans
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the
photo that tells you this. - Cops are using dogs on a singled out African American male
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey? - Police violence
against African Americans

4. Why is this photograph important to history? - It shows racial prejudice against
minorities over time periods.
What questions does this photograph raise? Why are they gathered like this? Why are
they using dogs? Is this a rally of sorts?
Write your own caption for the photograph: "History of authoritarian racism in the
United States"
What could you do to find more information about this photograph? - Put it in
Google images
Basedon what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1- There is racial tension
2- Police brutality
3- Use of excessive force

5. Photo #4:
Who are the people in the photograph? - A black male & the Statue of Liberty

6. What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the
photo that tells you this. - A black male is hanging from the Statue of Liberty
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey? - America's not
really free
Why is this photograph important to history? - Referring to a time where it was illegal
to discriminate about black people.
What questions does this photograph raise? Whose idea was it for this picture?
Write your own caption for the photograph: "Racism in America"
What could you do to find more information about this photograph? - Put it in
Google images
Basedon what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1- Statue of liberty is hanging a black person
2- It's a statement of the time period
3- It's a symbol of treatment in America

7. Photo #5:

8. Who are the people in the photograph? - An immigrant family
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the
photo that tells you this. - A family is looking at the Statue of Liberty and they just
arrived in America. They have no possessions and they are looking at the Statue of
Liberty, which is the iconic symbol of immigration from that time period.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey? - The hope of
immigrants
Why is this photograph important to history? - People come to America for a better
life and this shows that hope.
What questions does this photograph raise? Why are they staring at the Statue of
Liberty? Where are they going?
Write your own caption for the photograph: "Hope in a new land"
What could you do to find more information about this photograph? - Put it in
Google images
Basedon what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1- They have a child
2- They want a better life
3- They're in New York

9. Photo #6:
Who are the people in the photograph? – Immigrants and officals
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the
photo that tells you this. – Inspection of immigrants just arriving in America. One man
is checking eyes and others are documenting.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey? - He was
showing an example of what it was like to be inspected for life in America.
Why is this photograph important to history? - It shows a what it was like to come to
this country for an immigrant.
What questions does this photograph raise? - What are they looking for? Why are their
shirts off?
Write your own caption for the photograph: "Immigrant inspection"

10. What could you do to find more information about this photograph? - Put it in
Google images, Google "Military inspection check off list"
Basedon what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1- They're coming into something new
2- They are being inspected
3- They are being documented