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Putting It Together Team members: ___________________________   ___________________________ ___________________________   ___________________________ Below are captions for panoramic photographs from the American Memory collection, Taking The Long View, Panoramic Photographs 1851-1991. Search by keyword (using the caption as the keyword) to find each photograph. Examine and discuss each one from the following perspectives: Why did the photographer take the photo from the angle, distance and time of day that he/she did? What area of the United States are you looking at? What type of work might have been done in the area at the time the photograph was taken? Do you see evidence of industrialization? If so, what evidence?   Beardsley, Arizona 1908: a)__________________________________________________________ b)__________________________________________________________ c)__________________________________________________________ d)__________________________________________________________   Grand Rapids, Michigan 1915: a)___________________________________________________________ b)___________________________________________________________ c)___________________________________________________________ d)___________________________________________________________   Manitou, Colorado 1913: a)___________________________________________________________ b)___________________________________________________________ c)___________________________________________________________ d)___________________________________________________________   McKeesport, Pennsylvania a)___________________________________________________________ b)___________________________________________________________ c)___________________________________________________________ d)___________________________________________________________   Drumright, Oklahoma 1914 a)____________________________________________________________ b)____________________________________________________________ c)____________________________________________________________ d)____________________________________________________________   Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 1913: a)____________________________________________________________ b)____________________________________________________________ c)____________________________________________________________ d)____________________________________________________________   North Dakota Farmers c.1900: a)_____________________________________________________________ b)_____________________________________________________________ c)_____________________________________________________________ d)_____________________________________________________________   North Dakota sod house c1900: a)_____________________________________________________________ b)_____________________________________________________________ c)_____________________________________________________________ d)_____________________________________________________________   Midtown, New York 1904: a)______________________________________________________________ b)______________________________________________________________ c)______________________________________________________________ d)______________________________________________________________   Steamer loading hides 1902: a)_______________________________________________________________ b)_______________________________________________________________ c)_______________________________________________________________ d)_______________________________________________________________   Based on your examination of all photographs listed, what single most important natural resource seems essential for early industrialization to have occurred in a region? _________________________________________________________________ Now, go back to your list of early occupations and, in the left margin beside each region on this worksheet, list the occupations that your team thinks might have occurred in that particular area.

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