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Accessibility Aids
Album Description
During my summer research, I came across many photos of accessibility aids, both as personal objects and as elements of the built environment. I thought it would be helpful to gather some of them together into a collaborative album, which anyone can add additional photos to.
One activity that can come out of this source set is a discussion about why such aids are important. Hopefully students will see how accessibility tools promote independence, dignity, and community involvement for disabled people. You can also talk about how these tools, especially in the built environment, help a variety of people with different needs and body types. For instance, curb cuts not only help a person in a wheelchair, but also someone pushing a stroller or wheeling a suitcase. This concept is known as universal design and is discussed at greater length in the video that’s linked in the album.
Once students have analyzed some of these photographs, they can look for objects and places of accessibility and inaccessibility in their daily lives. What aspects of their classroom, home, or neighborhood make the space functional for a wider range of users? What potential obstacles still exist? Students can also share their personal experiences with accessibility tools if they would like to. However, no one should be pressured to share, and it might be best to have a private discussion with individual students ahead of time.
*Note: Before using some of these sources, discuss respectful language and historical terms (like crippled or dumb) which are considered offensive today.
If students are really interested in this topic, you could direct them to the Smithsonian’s online exhibit “EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability in America”.
Let me know in the comments other ways you could envision using these sources in your classrooms. And please feel free to add any of your own discoveries to the album!
[John W. January, veteran of Co. B, 14th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, with prosthetic legs] / Photographed by Bowman, Ottawa, Ills.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2016652279/
Reference note
Summary
Photograph shows identified veteran who was a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia, and lost his feet from scurvy and gangrene.
Contributor Names
Bowman, W. E. (William Emory), 1834-1915, photographer
Created / Published
[Ottawa, Illinois] : [Bowman], [ca. 1890]
Subject Headings
- January, John W.,--1847-1906
- United States.--Army.--Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 14th (1863-1865)--People
- Veterans--Union--1880-1890
- War casualties--1880-1890
- Amputees--1880-1890
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical aspects--Union
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Union
Headings
Albumen prints--1880-1890.
Cabinet photographs--1880-1890.
Portrait photographs--1880-1900.
Genre
Portrait photographs--1880-1900
Albumen prints--1880-1890
Cabinet photographs--1880-1890
Notes
- Title devised by Library staff.
- On verso: printed autobiography.
- Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072)
- Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
- pp/liljvet
Medium
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 17 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
Call Number/Physical Location
LOT 14043-2, no. 377 [P&P]
Source Collection
Liljenquist Family 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 49798 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.49798
ppmsca 49799 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.49799
Hodge Open Air School
Teaching Notes
Summary
Children wearing leg braces or using crutches, playing in Hodge Open Air School, Cleveland, Ohio.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/98504831/
Reference note
Created / Published
[between 1900 and 1920]
Subject Headings
- School children--Ohio--Cleveland--1900-1930
- Open-air schools--Ohio--Cleveland--1900-1930
- Handicapped persons--Ohio--Cleveland--1900-1930
Headings
Photographic prints--1900-1930.
Notes
- Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.
Medium
1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location
LOT 5338-56 [P&P;]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
cph 3c20420 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c20420
Library of Congress Control Number
98504831
Reproduction Number
LC-USZ62-120420 (b&w film copy neg.)
Irene Cornyn
Teaching Notes
Summary
Photo shows Irene Cornyn at a typewriter. She wearing a prosthesis on her arm and is possibly using a modified typewriter. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2014694881/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
Headings
Glass negatives.
Genre
Glass negatives
Notes
- Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
- Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4586277227 External
Medium
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-B2- 2915-14 [P&P]
Source Collection
Bain News Service photograph collection
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ggbain 14908 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.14908
Kath. McGirr, Deaf, Dumb & Blind.
Teaching Notes
Summary
Photograph shows Katherine "Katie" McGirr using a typewriter to transcribe letters written in Braille. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2014698951/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
Headings
Glass negatives.
Genre
Glass negatives
Notes
- Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Medium
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-B2- 3462-1 [P&P] LOT 10933-4 (Corresponding print)
Source Collection
Bain News Service photograph collection
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ggbain 19020 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19020
Elevator girl, Martha Washington Hotel
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2014704371/
Reference note
Summary
Photograph shows a woman operating an elevator at the Hotel Martha Washington, 129 East 29th Street, New York City. (Source: New York Times, Feb. 3, 1903)
Contributor Names
Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
Headings
Glass negatives.
Genre
Glass negatives
Notes
- Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Medium
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-B2- 4180-12 [P&P] LOT 10969 (Corresponding print)
Source Collection
Bain News Service photograph collection
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ggbain 24187 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.24187
Cripples set for race [Club Koestner Cass?]
Teaching Notes
Summary
4 one-legged men on crutches.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2003663659/
Reference note
Created / Published
[ca. 1919]
Notes
- Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item.
- George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- Caption card tracings: Sports; Geogr.; Handicapped.
Medium
1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location
LOT 7152 [item] [P&P]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
cph 3b19388 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b19388
Library of Congress Control Number
2003663659
Reproduction Number
LC-USZ62-72015 (b&w film copy neg.)
Library of Congress: Division for the Blind. Reading Room
Teaching Notes
For a look at present day resources (including assistive technology), check out the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled website.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2005694707/
Reference note
Created / Published
- 1920.
Notes
- This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
- Caption card tracings: Copyright; Physically handicapped; DC, Wash. LC Interiors Div.; Libraries; Blind; Shelf.
Medium
1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location
U.S. GEOG FILE - Washington, D.C.--Library of Congress [item] [P&P]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA h ttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
cph 3b07020 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b07020
Again, Zenith Makes Hearing Aid History (Detroit evening times., July 30, 1944, FINAL, THE AMERICAN WEEKLY, Image 65)
Reference note
Newspaper: Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88063294/1944-07-30/ed-1/seq-65
Image provided by: Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88063294/1944-07-30/ed-1/seq-65.pdf
[Young man reading newspaper]
Teaching Notes
Summary
Photograph shows a young man in eye glasses leaned over reading a newspaper.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2020636246/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Rizzuto, Angelo, 1906-1967, photographer
Created / Published
08/1956 [August 1956]
Subject Headings
- Men--New York (State)--New York--1950-1960
- Reading--New York (State)--New York--1950-1960
- United States--New York (State)--New York
Headings
Gelatin silver prints--1950-1960.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints--1950-1960
Notes
- Title devised by Library staff.
- On verso: "3, 8-56".
- Corresponding contact sheet: RZ-1956-8-3.
- Forms part of: Anthony Angel Collection (Library of Congress).
Medium
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 28 x 22 cm (8 x 10 in. format)
Call Number/Physical Location
LOT 15144-H, no. 47 [P&P]
Source Collection
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 69992 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.69992
Abbott and Roxana Robertson country house, St. Helena, CA
Teaching Notes
Summary
Photograph shows view from the west showing exterior façade, patio, and edge of pool. From the patio there is a sweeping view of Napa Valley (not shown). House designed for Abbot's wheelchair use prior to any known handicap guidelines. First complete site and building designed by Beverly Willis.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2018653853/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Willis, Beverly, 1928- , architect
Created / Published
1960.
Subject Headings
- Houses--California--St. Helena--1960
- Patios--California--St. Helena--1960
- United States--California--St. Helena
Headings
Architectural photographs--Color--1960.
Slides--Color--1960.
Genre
Architectural photographs--Color--1960
Slides--Color--1960
Notes
- Title, date, and creator based on information provided by photographer.
- Original file name: 01638 ft 17apmuw6832705.jpg
- Gift; Beverly Willis; 2018.
- Forms part of the Beverly Willis architectural photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Medium
1 photograph : color transparency ; film width 35mm (slide format)
Call Number/Physical Location
Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2018:013 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection
Beverly Willis architectural photograph collection
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ppss 01038 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppss.01038
[Man in wheelchair at the March on Washington, 1963]
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2013649719/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Leffler, Warren K., photographer
Created / Published
[1963 Aug. 28]
Subject Headings
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--(1963 :--Washington, D.C.)
- African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970
Headings
Film negatives--1960-1970.
Notes
- Title devised by Library staff.
- U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.
- Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10361, frame 17.
Medium
1 negative : film ; 35mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-U9- 10361-17 [P&P]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ppmsca 37252 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.37252
Metro, subway facilities for handicapped [Foggy Bottom]
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017651399/
Reference note
Contributor Names
O'Halloran, Thomas J., photographer
Created / Published
1977 August 5.
Headings
Film negatives--1970-1980.
Genre
Film negatives--1970-1980
Notes
- Title and date from log book.
- Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 34930, frame 22.
- Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.
Medium
1 photograph : negative; film width 35mm (roll format)
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-U9-34930- 22 [P&P]
Source Collection
U.S. News & World Report magazine photograph 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 55357 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.55357
Aids for legally blind
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2020736545/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer
Created / Published
24 August 1981.
Subject Headings
- Blindness
Headings
Slides--Color--1980-1990.
Genre
Slides--Color--1980-1990
Notes
- Title from slide mount or other caption information provided by the photographer.
- Photo agency: Newsweek; NW/FILE.
- Date on slide mount: 8-24-81.
- Gift; Bernard Gotfryd; 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:032).
Medium
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format)
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-GB05- 7004 [P&P]
Source Collection
Bernard Gotfryd photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
gtfy 07004 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/gtfy.07004
Image 2 of Lowell Council on Aging Center, Lowell, Massachusetts
Teaching Notes
This man appears to have a walker attached to the back of his motorized wheelchair. This could be a good place to talk about ambulatory wheelchair users.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/afc1987042.afc1987042_jb_b223a/?sp=2&st=image&r=-0.517,0,2.035,1.47,0
Reference note
Contributor Names
Lueders-Booth, John, 1935- (Photographer)
Created / Published
September 16, 1987
Subject Headings
- Folklore--Massachusetts
- Photographs
- Ethnography
- Documentary photographs
- United States -- Massachusetts -- Lowell
Genre
Photographs
Ethnography
Documentary photographs
Notes
- Index data: All of the following photographs were made at the Lowell Council on Aging center. These are 6x9 negatives. I am referencing them chronologically, i.e., 1-8 (there are 8 exposures on a roll) rather than referencing them by the number that appears on the film (1-19). 1, Arthur Ramalho running Bingo game at Lowell Council on Aging center; 2, Portrait of "Hutch", Caucasian senior citizen in motorized wheelchair. Good photo; 3-4, 2 Caucasian senior citizen women and "Hutch" in front of Council on Aging center. 4 is a good photo; 5-7, 2 senior Caucasian women at the top of the stairs of the Lowell Council on Aging center. One of them is a good photo; 8, Noble Caucasian male senior at the stairs of the Lowell Council on Aging center. Good photo.
Medium
2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. black-and-white film negatives
Call Number/Physical Location
Call number: AFC 1987/042: LFP-JB-B223A
Source Collection
Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042)
Repository
American Folklife Center
[Education and Workforce markup]
Teaching Notes
Summary
Caption for frame no. 20: A signer interprets for the hearing impaired during Education and Workforce markup of IDEA.
Note: it might be easier to see this photograph by clicking "View Enlarged Image" on loc.gov.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2019638610/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Ferrell, Scott J., photographer
Created / Published
[7 May 1997]
Subject Headings
- Meetings
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Sign language interpreters
Headings
Film negatives--Color--1990-2000.
Genre
Film negatives--Color--1990-2000
Notes
- Title, date, and photographer based on information provided by Congressional Quarterly (CQ). Caption/summary only present when provided by CQ.
- LC-CQ06-WR97050706: Frame nos. 16-20.
- Gift; CQ Roll Call; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:177).
- Forms part of: CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection.
Medium
5 photographs : color film negatives ; film width 35mm (roll format)
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-CQ06-WR97050706 [P&P]
Source Collection
CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ppmsca 60316 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.60316
3. Humpback Rocks Visitor Center. View of the self-guided interpretive mountain farm trail and a post-and-rail fence in the foreground with humpback rocks in the background. The view is looking south. - Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mountains, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC
Teaching Notes
Example of a paved trail at a National Park Service park
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.nc0478.photos/?sp=20
Reference note
Contributor Names
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pratt, Joseph Hyde
Byrd, Harry Flood
Pollard, Johnathan
MacDonald, Thomas
Radcliffe, George L
Strauss, Theodore E
Bureau of Public Roads
Bailey, J W
Reynolds, R R
Cammerer, Arno B
Wirth, Conrad L
Kirschner, Joseph
Goetz, O F
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Ickes, Harold
Vint, Thomas Chalmers
Downer, Jay
Abbott, Stanley
Clarke, Gilmore
Abbuehl, Edward H
van Gelder, Hendrick
Demaray, A E
Marshall, Robert
Browning, R Getty
Kefauver, Estes
Austin, William M
Lee, W I
Spelman, Harold J
Teer, Nello L
Works Progress Administration
Emergency Relief Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Weems, Sam
Hartzog, George
Udall, Stewart
Drury, Newton B
Bayliss, Dudley
McDowall & Wood, Incorporated
Mount Airy Granite Corporation
Vecillio, David
Troitino, Joe
Figg & Muller Enterprises, Incorporated
Jasper Construction Company
Davis, Timothy
Dikigoropoulou, Lia, field team project manager
Shanklin, Ian, landscape architect
Yost, Cheria, landscape architect
Klupsz, Lidia, landscape architect
Edick, Thomas, sponsor
Everhardt, Gary, sponsor
Johnson, Gary, sponsor
Hess, Allen, sponsor
Orr, Will, sponsor
Young, Kelly, transmitter
Quin, Richard, historian
Weiner, Natascha, delineator
Stormont, Matthew, delineator
Rosa, Carlos Jimenez, delineator
Haas, David, photographer
Cuthbertson, Jennifer K, delineator
Dubin, Elisabeth, delineator
Created / Published
Documentation compiled after 1968
Subject Headings
- parkways
- bridges
- culverts
- Civilian Conservation Corps
- "Mission 66" program
- concession
- transportation
- recreation
- agriculture
- North Carolina -- Buncombe County -- Asheville
- North Carolina -- Swain County -- Cherokee
Notes
- Significance: Blue Ridge Parkway was the first long-distance rural parkway developed by the National Park Service. Its designers adapted parkway development strategies originating in suburban commuter routes and metropolitan park systems and expanded them to a regional scale, creating a scenic motorway linking two of the most prominent eastern national parks. The parkway was conceived as a multiple-purpose corridor that would fulfill a variety of social, recreational, environmental and pragmatic functions. In addition to preserving and showcasing attractive natural scenery, the parkway was designed to display the traditional cultural landscapes of the southern Appalachian highlands, providing visitors with an idealized vision of America's rural heritage. At frequent intervals the parkway borders expand to encompass smaller parks, recreational areas, and historic sites, many of which include picnic areas and/or overnight accommodations. Blue Ridge Parkway's attractive natural and cultural features, its diverse recreational attractions, and its relatively accessible East Coast location have long made it the most heavily visited unit of the National Park System.
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N517
- Survey number: HAER NC-42
- Building/structure dates: 1935-1987 Initial Construction
Medium
Photo(s): 243
Color Transparencies: 26
Measured Drawing(s): 28
Data Page(s): 346
Photo Caption Page(s): 40
Call Number/Physical Location
HAER NC,11-ASHV.V,2-
Source Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Handicap ramp. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2014650023/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published
10 November 2014.
Subject Headings
- United States--Colorado--Grand Junction
- Federal buildings
- GSA
- Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
- Courthouses
- James Wetmore
Headings
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.
Genre
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes
- Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration.
- Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer.
- In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M in America Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modernize the entire building. Originally built in 1918 by James Wetmore with an addition in 1939.
- Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:141).
- Forms part of: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Medium
1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-DIG-highsm- 31158 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- 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 31158 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.31158
Streamline Moderne-style Greyhound Bus Station in Huntington, West Virginia
Teaching Notes
Example of a curb cut
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2015631799/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published
2015-05-07.
Subject Headings
- United States--West Virginia--Huntington
- America
- Streamline moderne
- Greyhound station
- Bus stations
Headings
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.
Notes
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).
- Forms part of: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Medium
1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-DIG-highsm- 31724 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- 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 31724 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.31724
Ninety-one-year-old Bob Sakata, a survivor of one of the camps that interned Japanese-Americans during World War II, still farms a burgeoning fruit and vegetable farm near Brighton, in Weld County, Colorado
Teaching Notes
Example of a cane
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017885492/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published
2016-08-01.
Subject Headings
- United States--Colorado--Weld County--Brighton
- America
- Bob Sakata
- Sakata Farms
- Japanese-American Internment Camps
Headings
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.
Genre
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13).
- Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
- Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Medium
1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-DIG-highsm- 48862 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- 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 48862 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.48862
Special hand controls that enabled Franklin D. Roosevelt to drive a car, displayed at the "Little White House" in Warm Springs, Georgia, the town in which he sought treatment for polio in 1924, nine years before he became U.S. president
Teaching Notes
For more information and photos of this car, see the Virtual Tour at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum through the National Archives.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017884147/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published
2017-11-01.
Subject Headings
- United States--Georgia--Meriwether County--Warm Springs
- America
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- FDR
- Little White House
- Bullochville
- Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
- FDR automobile
- FDR's auto hand controls
Headings
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.
Genre
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- Originally named Bullochville for the Bulloch family of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, mother of President Theodore Roosevelt and maternal grandmother of Franklin Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor, the town was a failing Victorian spa noted for therapy for yellow fever when Roosevelt took a liking to it, eventually turning a little cottage into his expanded southern office. FDR died of a massive stroke there while sitting for a portrait on April 12, 1945.
- Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5).
- 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.
Medium
1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-DIG-highsm- 47516 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- 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 47516 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.47516
Waitress Tara Keogh serves a vanilla ice-cream soda at the nostalgic 5 & Diner diner-style restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona
Teaching Notes
Some disabled people rely on plastic straws to drink.
For more information on recent debates over straw bans, check out this NPR article.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2018663555/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published
2018-03-30.
Subject Headings
- United States--Arizona--Phoenix
- America
- Tara Keogh
- 5 & Diner
- Diner-style restaurants
- Ice-cream sodas
Headings
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.
Genre
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:005)
- Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
- Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Medium
1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-DIG-highsm- 49835 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- 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 49835 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.49835
A realistic, temporary, and somewhat sobering greeting at the St. Louis Zoo, sometimes called "America's Top Free Attraction" (although there's a nominal charge for certain venues therein) in the Mississippi River city of St. Louis, Missouri
Teaching Notes
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, some people with compromised immune systems relied on masks for protection.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2020742829/
Reference note
Contributor Names
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published
2021-03-07.
Subject Headings
- United States--Missouri--St. Louis
- America
- St. Louis Zoo
- Covid-19 virus protocols
- Face masks
Headings
Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030.
Genre
Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030
Notes
- Title, date, keywords, and additional description details based on information provided by the photographer.
- Home to more than 12,000 animals representing 500 species, the zoological park attracts more than 3 million visitors annually. This display listing health-safety protocols was present during the nationwide (and worldwide) COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and 2021.
- Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2020; (DLC/PP-2020:133).
- Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Medium
1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-DIG-highsm- 66845 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
highsm 66845 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.66845
Video Clip on Universal Design within the North Carolina Now Episode from 01/27/1998
Teaching Notes
-The full clip runs from minute 1:20 - minute 7
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-129-73bzkt6f?start=80.61&end=420.81v
-A shorter (1 minute clip) runs from minute 1:53 - minute 2:52
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-129-73bzkt6f?start=113.8&end=174.25