American History
Library of Congress Photographs
Work with a partner and put these ten pictures in a timeline order. Use clues from the pictures and
what you remember about American history.
Library of Congress Project
After you study each of the pictures, please answer these questions using words, phrases, or complete sentences.
Who is in this picture?
What is happening?
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When did this picture happen?
Then, answer these questions using complete sentences.
Write two observations you can make about each of these pictures.
Write two questions a person might have about each of these pictures.
Why do you think these pictures are important?
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TITLE: Infantry: Continental Army, 1779-1783, IV / H.A. Ogden; lith. by G.H. Buek & Co., N.Y.SUMMARY: Illustration depicts uniforms and weapons used during the 1779 to 1783 period of the American Revolution by showing four soldiers standing in an informal group.http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a14748))+@field(COLLID+cph))
TITLE: [Richmond, Va. Piles of solid shot, canister, etc., in the Arsenal grounds; Richmond & Petersburg Railroad bridge at right]SUMMARY: Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cwp+4a39853))+@field(COLLID+cwp))
TITLE: [U.S. Army infantry troops, African American unit, marching northwest of Verdun, France, in World War I]http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3c16442))+@field(COLLID+cph))
TITLE: [First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]SUMMARY: Negative shows Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright running alongside to balance the machine, has just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine.http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a53266))+@field(COLLID+wri))
TITLE: I want you for U.S. Army nearest recruiting station / James Montgomery Flagg.SUMMARY: Uncle Sam, half-length portrait, pointing at viewer as part of the United States government effort to recruit soldiers during World War I.CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1917.http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3b52087))+@field(COLLID+pos))
TITLE: Lyndon Baines Johnson signing Civil Rights Bill, April 11, 1968CREATOR:Leffler, Warren K., photographer.NOTES: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3b41629))+@field(COLLID+cph))
TITLE: Cowboys coming to town for Christmas / drawn by Frederic Remington.SUMMARY: Four cowboys on horseback riding rapidly through town on snow-covered street.http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3b40469))+@field(COLLID+cph))
TITLE: La CrosseLithograph by W.C. Chewett 7 Co. Lith., Toronto. SUMMARY: Music cover showing Native Americans and white men playing La Crosse.http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3b12107))+@field(COLLID+cph))
TITLE: [J.C. Cram sod house, Loup County, Nebraska] SUMMARY: Photograph shows a family group standing in front of sod house.CREATOR: Butcher, Solomon D. (Solomon Devore), 1856-1927, photographer.http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a31052))+@field(COLLID+cph))
TITLE: The far west - shooting buffalo on the line of the Kansas-Pacific Railroad / Bghs. SUMMARY: Print shows hunters shooting at a herd of bison from a train and along the tracks.NOTES: Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 32, no. 818 (1871 June 3), p. 193. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3c33890))+@field(COLLID+cph))
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