The document discusses 6 different photographs and asks questions to analyze each one. Photograph 1 shows women cooking breakfast and seems to portray early 20th century rural life. Photograph 2 depicts Hitler meeting a young boy, perhaps trying to portray him positively. Photograph 3 shows black protesters and police with dogs, conveying the cruelty of police towards groups they saw as unequal. Photograph 4 displays a man hanging from the Statue of Liberty to represent those who died fighting for freedom. Photograph 5 pictures immigrants looking at the Statue of Liberty as they first set foot in the US. Photograph 6 portrays immigrants being processed at Ellis Island, undergoing inspections by officers.

1. Who are the people in the photograph?
1. Women that are in a kitchen cooking what looks to be breakfast. The pants look like pajama pants
so it must be early morning.
2. The person in the phot is Hitler. This can be conclude from the mustache and how he is talking to
a blonde hair blue eyed boy.
3. Black protesters fighting for their rights.
4. The Statue of Liberty and a man that died fighting for it.
5. Immigrants looking back at the statue.
6. Immigrants being processed and checked at Ellis Island.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
1. The people in the photograph are cooking. This can be conclude from the women having their
hands down in the pots and pans.
2. Hitler is shaking hands with what looks to be a blonde hair blue eyed boy.
3. The situation being showed is of black protesters standing up for their rights. The cops are the
only white men in the picture. The black man is being attacked by dogs.
4. The situation being showed is that freedom is not truly free. The man hanging from the statue
stand for those who have died fighting for the flag and this country.
5. The people being in the U.S. for the first time and looking out at where they came from. The
people are not wearing typical American attire and they are staring at the Statue of Liberty.
6. Going through Ellis Island in New York. The person in the picture is in a suit but it is not an army
suit. Also this picture can be seen on a tour of Ellis Island.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
1. The photographer was showing what the women of this particular time do when they first awake in
the mornings. You can tell the picture is not exactly new due to it is black and white and the type of
apron that the woman is wearing.
2. The photographer was trying to show that Hitler is not an evil man and that he does associate with
the public in a good way.
3. The photographer was showing how cruel police were to people that they did not see as being
equals to them.
4. That freedom is not truly free.
5. The feelings that immigrants go through when they finally make it onto U.S. soil for the first time.
6. The photographer was showing what immigrants go through just to come to this great nation.
Why is this photograph important to history?
1. This photograph is important to history due to it shows the roles of women in the past and it can
now be compared to the roles of women today.
2. The photo is of a man that tried to wipe out an entire group of people from the face of the earth.
3. This photo shows black people standing up for their rights and showing they are willing to sacrifice
to prove that they are equal to whites.
4. The photo shows a symbol of freedom causing harm to someone who does not respect it.
5. It is the portrayal of immigrants once they have made it onto American soil and are looking back
out to where they came from and realizing that they are now free.
6. The photo portrays what it was like for immigrants that were processed on Ellis Island in New York.
What questions does this photograph raise?
1. The questions that are raised is do the women enjoy cooking, where are their husbands, and why
is there such a large group of people cooking a meal.
2. Why does Hitler try to appear as such a nice gentleman, does he plan on that child joining his
army, and why is the woman in the background smiling?

2. 3. Why are the police armed, what is the use for the dogs, and why are the people standing so close?
4. Why is the man hanging from the symbol of freedom, who would even think to create this, and why
was something of this nature published?
5. Why are they staring at the statue of Liberty, where in New York are they standing, and of what
nationality are the people?
6. Why are the people being checked out, are they prisoners, and why do they not have and clothes
on?
Write your own caption for the photograph:
1. “The life of the women living in rural America”
2. “The dominant race will be the only one to survive”
3. “The police have now taken over the streets”
4. “Lady Liberty needs to take a stand”
5. “The dream now awaits us”
6. “Be ready to be inspected”
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
1. Google the image and research items that can be identified in the image.
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Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
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1. The women are rural.
2. The picture is of Hitler.
3. The men seem to be breaking no laws.
4. The dead man has meaning.
5. The immigrants wanted to see where they came from.
6. The men are having to take showers and be extremely clean for their inspections.
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1. The picture is not recent.

3. 2. He is most likely talking to the child about the military.
3. The police are reacting violently.
4. The statue and man are drawn at the same proportions.
5. They were most likely processed on the island.
6. The officer is not one of military standing.
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1. The weather is probably cooler this is determined due to the large wood furnace.
2. The child looks up to Hitler.
3. The men are protesting.
4. The person who drew this did it long ago and had a meaning for the image as a whole.
5. This is the immigrant’s first taste of freedom.
6. The men are not resisting the inspection that the officer is doing so it must be voluntary.