Primary Source Analysis Tutorial
You should always verify and evaluate the information you find. Just because something is a primary source doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have bias or that the facts shouldn't be verified.

The questions below should start you to think about the purpose/bias of the photographer. Does that have any impact on its reliability and how you might use it in your research?

Try to answer as many of the questions as you can. Feel free to leave some questions unanswered or make an educated guess when possible. You are welcome to seek additional information if you think that will help answer the questions. Check to see if there are any clues in the photograph that you can use to determine the date.
 
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Core Picketers at J.C. Penney's 1963
What do you notice first?
What else is of interest?
Write one sentence describing this photo. Try to make sense of what you are seeing.
Who took this photo?
When was this photo taken?
Where was this photo taken?
Why was this photo taken?
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Which of these questions were you able to answer from the photo itself and when did you have to seek additional information?
What questions does this photo raise?
What insight did you gain from this photograph that you might not learn anywhere else?
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