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Parks, G. (1943). Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students using microscopes. Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Division.
Examine primary source clues carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you
might ask to get the “big picture.”
What can primary
sources tell us about
technology?
What do you see?
What do you see now?
What inferences can you make about this
photo?
Describe the new objects you see.
Make a hypothesis about when and where this photo
was taken.
What do you think happened after this photograph was
taken?
"Completed Product of a Great Automobile Factory Ready for Delivery, Detroit, MI." Meadville, Pennsylvania:
Keystone View Company, 1917. Copyprint.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (159)
How did your perception of
the image change as you
saw more of it?
What questions does this image leave you
with?
How does new technology lead to
progress?
Is progress good?
Understanding the “big picture”
Examine these primary sources to determine if they illustrate
how technological change affects individuals in society.
Phillip Sandhurst. The Great Centennial Exhibition Critically Described and Illustrated.
Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler & Co., 1876. Illustration facing p. 409.
General Collections, Library of Congress (135)
Type Specimens. (c. 13th century). Library of Congress: Exhibitions, World Treasures of the
Library of Congress.
Samuel F.B. Morse. Railway Signal Telegraph, ca. 1840.
Color sketches. Page 2
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (143a,b)
Morse, S. (1840). Railway Signal Telegraph, ca. 1840. . Library of Congress: Exhibitions, John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations .
Parks, G. (1943). Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students using microscopes. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs.
Sandhurst, P. (1876). The Great Centennial Exhibition Critically Described and Illustrated. . Library of Congress: Exhibitions, John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations .
Unknown. (1917). "Completed Product of a Great Automobile Factory Ready for Delivery, Detroit, MI." . Library of Congress: Exhibitions, John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations .
Unknown. (thirteenth century). Type specimens. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings .