"Mirrors of the Past: Historical Photography and History", from Artifacts and the American Past. by Thomas J. Schlereth

Source: Schlereth, Thomas J. Artifacts and the American Past. Walnut Creek, CA:  AltaMira Press, 1996.

1. Who first captured the photographic image?
2. Describe the early work of the Boston Camera Club

 

 

3. What is a stereograph?
4. Why should students examine the photographs used in various history textbooks?

 

 
 
 
 

5. What are some of the more obvious reasons for historian’s traditional distrust or neglect of photographic sources?

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

6. Define "historical photograph" –

7. Explain the phrase "the gradual democratization or photography"

 

 
 
 
 

8. Describe the specific photographic contributions of the following:

1. Matthew Brady-

 

 

2. Jacob Riis-

 

 

3. Lewis Hine-

 

 

4. Walker Evans-

7. Describe the specific historical significance of the following subjects of photography:

1. group photograph -

1. Commercial photograph –

7. What is iconography?

 

 

8. List a book by (full bibliography info.)

1. Helmut and Alison Gernsheim –
2. Robert Taft –

 

 

3. Reese Jenkins –

7. List three model directories for historical photographs


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8. What is pictorial history?

 

 
 
 
 

9. List + EXPLAIN four major history subfields that have employed photographs to interpret the American past


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10. Discuss the hypothesis of Judith Mara Gutman.

16. What are the inherent limitations in the truth-telling capacities of historical photography?