Do You Think People Gave Money to This Man? Why Or Why Not?

· What is the purpose of this photograph?

· Do you think people gave money to this man? Why or why not?

· What do you think the woman and two girls are going to do now?

· What would a photograph of a street scene look like today? Would there be any similarities to this one?

Image title: Group of Slavic mothers who have just arrived, Ellis Island, New York (1905)

Source Information: Hine, Lewis Wickes,1874-1940–Photographer Image ID: 79882

· Do you think a husband or father also made this trip?

· What are the different women thinking?

· Why did the photographer take this picture?

Image title: Posters, Polish: English classes at Tompkins Square, Oct. 1920

Source Information: New York Public Library Visual Materials / Lantern Slides / Branch Libraries / Maps and posters

Image ID: 434271

· What clues are there that this is a library’s announcement for English classes?

· Why would a library offer English classes?

· Do libraries offer services to immigrants today? What are they?

· What services would you provide?

Image title: Rivington Street: Children reading on Rivington roof

Image ID: 100885

· Who do you think took this picture, and why?

· How is this similar to and different from a library today?

· Why do you think those similarities and differences exist?

Image title: View in South Street, New York.

Source Information: Pranishnikoff, Ivan,19th c.–Artist; Published 1878 Image ID: 810161

· Why would an artist draw this picture?

· What types of transportation do you see?

· Why are there so many?

· Are there this many types of transportation today? Why or why not?

· Are there any streets that have this much activity today? Why or why not?

To access this and other images, visit the Digital Gallery at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org.

This project was made possible by a generous grant from Verizon Foundation.