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Visual Documents and Resources for the Teaching and Study of American Culture and Life
American culture is rich in visual materials-- not just "documents" with the connotations of evidence and numbing detail, but "human documents," as some have called them, rich in emotion, in symbol, myth, and commentary. In these pages are to be found a collection of those resources, sometimes with commentary attached, sometimes simply set in a sequence that reflects their historical lineage. In many cases, the images on these pages are hotlinked to larger and more detailed versions-- slower to load, but useful for making printed materials, like curriculum guides or lesson plans. Where possible, we've also included sources for these materials, usually based upon the web.
Skitswish and Spokane Tribal encampment for annual salmon catch, ca. 1937, from the Native American Collection of the Library of Congress
Anonymous painter known generally as the Freake limner, Mrs. Freake and baby. Expansion and Empire: Manifest Destiny and Progress, 1776-1893
American Progress: Westward the Course of Empire Makes Its Way, as a chromolithograph from the Currier and Ives firm, ca. 1867.
Jacob Riis, One of 4 Pedlars who slept in this cellar... ca. 1890. Prosperity, Depression, and War 1920-1945
Marion Post Wolcott, Members of the Primitive Baptist Church in Morehead, Kentucky, attending a creek baptizing by submersion. from the Library of Congress FSA/OWI Collection Postwar Cultures of Hope and Fear 1945-1975
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