Mrs. Mary Spangler, a Woodrow Wilson High School teacher, at a class in organic chemistry which she attends in the evening. Photo by Esther Bubley, 1943.
This preserved scene shows Three people sit at a long table covered with paper binders and a lantern slide projector. One of them, a uniformed woman, reads a book. Three other people tare in the background. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Mrs. Mary Spangler, a Woodrow Wilson High School teacher, at a class in organic chemistry which she attends in the evening. Photo by Esther Bubley, 1943.
This preserved scene shows Three people sit at a long table covered with paper binders and a lantern slide projector. One of them, a uniformed woman, reads a book. Three other people tare in the background. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Mrs. Mary Spangler, a Woodrow Wilson High School teacher, at a class in organic chemistry which she attends in the evening. Photo by Esther Bubley, 1943.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
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Andy Warhol, artist, with a Polavision movie camera. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, around 1977.
Georgia O’Keeffe, artist, sitting in her home studio. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 1965.
Hodge Open Air School, Cleveland, Ohio. Unattributed photo, 1900-1920