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What’s that sound? - Collecting images for thinking about sound.

Album Description

When students analyze images can they also explore what they might hear if they were transported into that place in time?

I would appreciate your help in collecting images that might spark questions and research for a multimedia project/lesson where student would think about and describe, via audio, what sounds they would hear if they were “in” that image. Students then would replicate those sounds.  They would also investigate how the sounds would be different in that same place today.

Much has reported about how different cities sounded during the stay-at-home orders with Covid-19 which got me thinking about this lesson.  The photos don’t have to relate to city sound - any place will do.  The images I’ve added already are collected from various albums in our TPS Teacher Network. 

Have you seen other images from the Library of Congress that you think might work for this lesson idea? If so, please add them to the album.  When I build out this idea I’ll share it here.

Listen

https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648364/

  Sounds   Noise   Listening   Lesson Plan   Audio 

Mulberry St., New York, N.Y.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a08193/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
Created / Published: c1900.
Subject Headings: -  Ethnic neighborhoods
-  Markets
-  Streets
-  Mulberry Street (New York, N.Y.)
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
Genre: Dry plate negatives
Notes: -  Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29456. "707-1" on transparency.
-  For color print of this image, see LOT 12006, p. 79.
-  Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012683.
-  Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: det 4a08193 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a08193

Listening to a story

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2009633576/

Reference note

Summary: Photograph showing Walter Russell sitting on a beach with Nicholas and Quentin Roosevelt as dog digs a hole in sand at Sagamore Hill. The identification of the newspaperman Russell (formerly thought to be Edward S. Curtis) is based on correspondence found at Sagamore Hill. (Source: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site curator, 2013)
Contributor Names: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Created / Published: c1904.
Subject Headings: -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Family
-  Roosevelt, Quentin,--1897-1918--Childhood & youth
-  Roosevelt, Nicholas,--1893-1982--Childhood & youth
-  Play (Recreation)--New York (State)--Oyster Bay--1900-1910
Notes: -  Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.
-  Title from item.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 23797 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.23797
cph 3b14121 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14121

Jumping rope on sidewalk in one of the better neighborhoods of the Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017729539/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, photographer
Created / Published: 1941 Apr.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Illinois--Chicago
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8a15769 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a15769

Part of the 1.75-mile boardwalk through the thickly forested swamp at the Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, a nature preserve, wildlife sanctuary, and extensive swamp trail favored by naturalists and photographers near Harleyville, South Carolina, outside Charleston

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017879771

Reference note

Contributor Names: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published: 2017-04-30.
Subject Headings: -  United States--South Carolina--Harleyville
-  America
-  Audubon Center at Beidler Forest
-  Beidler Forest
-  Four Holes Swamp
-  National Audubon Society
Genre: Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes: -  Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
-  The center sits within the Four Holes Swamp, a 45,000-acre matrix of black water sloughs and lakes, shallow bottomland hardwoods, and deep bald cypress and tupelo gum flats, 17,000 acres of which are owned and managed by the National Audubon Society.
-  Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6).
-  Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
-  Credit line: Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 42825 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.42825

Yellowstone National Park, Ranger Naturalist Service

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.13399/

Reference note

Summary: Poster shows Old Faithful erupting at Yellowstone National Park.
Contributor Names: Powell, C. Don (Chester), designer
Created / Published: [Washington, D.C.] : Department of the Interior, National Park Service, [ca. 1938]
Subject Headings: -  National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1930-1940
-  Geysers--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park--1930-1940
-  Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.)--1930-1940
Genre: Travel posters--American--1930-1940
Screen prints--Color--1930-1940
Notes: -  Title from item.
-  Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
-  Caption: Nature walks, field trips, camp fire-programs, nature talks.
-  Poster designed by artist C. (Chester) Don Powell and printed by Dale Miller. (Source: Doug Leen, www.dougleen.com)
-  Purchase; Swann Galleries; 2007; (DLC/PP-2007:001).
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: ppmsca 13399 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13399

California migrant camp

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017759622/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Created / Published: 1936 Feb.
Subject Headings: -  United States--California
-  Migrants--California
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Temp. note: usf34batch1
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b38195 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b38195

Town of Ocean Grove, East terminus of State Route 33, south of Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, NJ

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/nj1293/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Madrid, transmitter
Created / Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
Subject Headings: -  cities & towns
-  New Jersey -- Monmouth County -- Ocean Grove
Notes: -  Significance: Ocean Grove, the first religious resort located on the Jersey shore, was founded in the 1860s during the post Civil War revival of Christian enthusiasm for rustic retreats. Methodist ministers chose land only six miles south of famous Long Branch, which offered the combined benefits of healthful seashore and sheltering pine trees.
-  Survey number: HABS NJ-1007
-  Building/structure dates: 1860
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

[Woman with umbrella walking across New York City street]

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2020636200/

Reference note

Summary: Photograph shows woman with umbrella crossing street, framed by the columns of an under-construction overpass. Cross road in image is possibly E 41st St.
Contributor Names: Rizzuto, Angelo, 1906-1967, photographer
Created / Published: 01/1956 [January 1956]
Subject Headings: -  Commercial streets--New York (State)--New York--1950-1960
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
Genre: Gelatin silver prints--1950-1960
Notes: -  Title devised by Library staff.
-  On verso: "7, 1-56".
-  On verso: "5".
-  On verso: "[E]".
-  Corresponding contact sheet: RZ-1956-1-7.
-  Forms part of: Anthony Angel Collection (Library of Congress).
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 69945 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.69945

Dawn swim, Oquaga Lake, Deposit, New York

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017713600/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Margolies, John, photographer
Created / Published: 1978.
Subject Headings: -  Resorts--1970-1980
-  United States--New York (State)--Deposit
Genre: Slides--1970-1980.--Color
Notes: -  Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
-  Margolies categories: Catskills, Borscht Belt.
-  Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142).
-  Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
-  General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
-  Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: mrg 11515 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.11515

Campers enjoy some moments of fun on the Guadalupe River at Camp Waldemar, one of several summer camps in the Texas Hill Country near the town of Hunt, near Kerrville in Kerr County, Texas

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2014633755/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published: 2014-06-10.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Texas--Hunt
-  Camp Waldemar
-  Summer camps
-  Ora Johnson
-  W.T. Johnson
-  Guadalupe River
-  America
Genre: Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes: -  Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
-  The name translates as "Sea of the Woods" from the German. Camp Waldemar, an all-girls' camp, was founded in 1926 by Ora Johnson, the principal of San Antonio's Brackenridge High School and a sister of W. T. Johnson, a leading stock contractor in Texas, who financed the venture.
-  Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
-  Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:054).
-  Forms part of: Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 29555 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.29555

[Louisiana - New Orleans - crowded street scene looking down Canal St.]

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2006685872/

Reference note

Created / Published: c1902.
Notes: -  Photo copyrighted by Teunisson.
-  This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
-  Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3a49161 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a49161

The quiet town of Bowling Green now has huge Army trucks rolling through it all day. Caroline County, Virginia

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017795235/

Reference note

Contributor Names: Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
Created / Published: 1941 June.
Subject Headings: -  United States--Virginia--Caroline County--Bowling Green
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: -  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Temp. note: usf34batch5
-  Film copy on SIS roll 3, frame 2336.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8c06196 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c06196

Sound Map

Teaching Notes

https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:gdcwdl:wd:l_:18:96:7:wdl_18967:cart175741/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg

Sound Map

Gibson's Battery of horse artillery, near Fair Oaks, Va.

Teaching Notes

Photograph shows the C & G Batteries of the 3rd U.S. Artillery on horses pulling mounted cannons near Fair Oaks, Va. June 1862.
Gibson's Battery of horse artillery, near Fair Oaks, Va.