Industrial Revolution Photo I’m analyzing a primary source photo of the Industrial Revolution. The photo is in black and white. The picture is centered on one person with a blurred background. I will scrutinize the people, objects, and activities in the photo. To begin, I will analyze the people in the photograph. There is one male estimated to be about fifteen to seventeen years old. He’s wearing a hat and overalls. Also, his face is very dirty and smudged as are his overalls. Lastly, his forearms on both sides are wrapped up with a gauze-like material. Now, I’ll discuss the objects in the photograph. To start off, the boy has a strange machine attached to his hat. The machine features a plate with a hole in it. There is something
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I can tell that the photo was taken outside because it’s bright and the blurred background features objects that look like trees or bushes. The photo also clearly shows that the boy was working. It was taken when children were part of the workforce during the Industrial Revolution. There are three inferences that can be made about my photo. I presume that the job of the boy in the photo was to punish the younger boys if they didn’t work in the coal mine. I can tell he worked in a coal mine because he’s dirty, and he has a whip which tells me that he must have been using it on something. Another thing I assume is that the photo is posed because the boy is looking right at the camera and he isn’t moving. For my final inference, I can tell that the object on his head is a light, because light is necessary in for working in a coal mine. In conclusion, this is a photo of a young teenager who was working in a coal mine during the time of the Industrial Revolution. The boy was wearing a hat with a coal miner’s headlamp attached to it and he had a whip hanging over his shoulders. He was very dirty as if he’d just stopped working to pose for a photo. This photo raises to mind a few questions. How does his lamp work? Why are his arms wrapped? Was there an injury that caused the dark spot on his cheek? My pictures is a primary source photograph taken during the Industrial Revolution when child labor
I can tell that the photo was taken outside because it’s bright and the blurred background features objects that look like trees or bushes. The photo also clearly shows that the boy was working. It was taken when children were part of the workforce during the Industrial Revolution. There are three inferences that can be made about my photo. I presume that the job of the boy in the photo was to punish the younger boys if they didn’t work in the coal mine. I can tell he worked in a coal mine because he’s dirty, and he has a whip which tells me that he must have been using it on something. Another thing I assume is that the photo is posed because the boy is looking right at the camera and he isn’t moving. For my final inference, I can tell that the object on his head is a light, because light is necessary in for working in a coal mine. In conclusion, this is a photo of a young teenager who was working in a coal mine during the time of the Industrial Revolution. The boy was wearing a hat with a coal miner’s headlamp attached to it and he had a whip hanging over his shoulders. He was very dirty as if he’d just stopped working to pose for a photo. This photo raises to mind a few questions. How does his lamp work? Why are his arms wrapped? Was there an injury that caused the dark spot on his cheek? My pictures is a primary source photograph taken during the Industrial Revolution when child labor