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 * INSPECTOR THOMAS BYRNES**

Bryk, William. "Inspector Thomas F. Byrnes, Inventor of the Third Degree." N.p., 4/9/2001. Web. 11 May 2011. . This site is a credible source because it has an author and its from a local newspaper so the information it could be correct. And also there is no adds that are selling things on the website. So because of these three things it would make this site a credible site to use.

Thomas Byrnes was an irish immigrant that joined the new york police force in the year of 1863. In the year of 1878 the bank called the Manhattan Savings. This bank was near Thomas Byrnes precient. Thomas Byrnes tracked down the criminals that have robbed the bank through tough detective work. Two years after that he took command of the Detective Bureau. Tthomas Byrnes was a ferocious and "imaginative interrogator. Byrnes came up with the phrase called the Third Degree. Byrnes coined the phrase "third degree" to describe his methods of eliciting useful information from criminal suspects." Credited from [|www.nypress.com]
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__Summary of Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring__ "Boss" Tweed, real name William M. Tweed, was basically the lead, head figure of the Democratic Political party, known as the "Tammany Hall", during the 19th century. Contorversy invloving him stealing $25 to $45 million dollars from taxpayer money lead to Tweed being convicted to jail, where he eventually died in 1878.

3/16/2011

Part 1: .I see a group of men in the picture .There's clothes on a clothing line in the background .I see a clean smooth sidewalk . I see a guy in the front of the picture with possibly a long blunt object in his hand . There are buildings on each side of the sidewalk .They are two men looking out the window .And there is one guy sitting on the top of the staircase .The men are wearing round hats .The picture is in black and white .There all focused on the guy taking the picture

Caption based on facts:City street scene

Part 2: The people in the picture look like they lived in the slums of New York city. The people in the alley of the street look pretty wealthy since they look pretty well dressed. The guy in the front of the picture looks like he's holding possibly a bat or a walking stick in his hand. The people don't look happy they all have straight faces in the picture. The picture was probably taken in the 1880s in New York City.

Caption based on inferences: The Slums of New York City

Part 3: A group of thugs hanging out since the caption is called "Bandit's Roost" and when i hear Bandit's i think of thugs with weapons.

Part 4: Jacob Riis was born in Denmark in the year of 1849, he had a job as a carpenter in Denmark before he emigrated to New York City in 1870. He had a job in the News bureau. In 1888 he had a job in New York City as a photo journalist. He was the first to use flash powder which helped him take pictures of the Slums in the city when it was dark outside. He published a book called How the Other Half Lives which. During his stay in the city he wrote and lectured problems that he seen of the pour people. He was also friends with Theodore Roosevelt who helped him look things at night to see what they would find throughout the city of New York. URL's used: 1)http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAriis.htm 2)http://www.richmondhillhistory.org/jriis.html

Part 5: "A documentary photographer is an historical actor bent upon communicating a message to an audience." This quote basically means that any documentary photographer will take a picture of somebody,scene,or place in order to create a message for the specific audience that is viewing the picture.

Part 6: It maters who took the photograph because depending on the person they might have a different view or they may want to show a story or a different meaning to the photograph. Photographers are like artists because they create a certain image depending on their background or a certain perspective that they want people to see. Also you may want to big deeper and find out more information on the photographer, the more information you find out about the photographer the more you'll find out about how he/she takes the photo and what his/her main mission is.

3/22/2011 ==**Photographs as evidence from the past: Do documentary photographs depict the truth?** == 1.a. Look up the definition of “objective”: b. Look up the definition of “subjective": c. In your own words, compare these two terms:these two are opposite meaning objective is based on facts and subjective is like your own opinion. d. If you read an autobiography to learn about the past, is this an objective or subjective source? Explain: An autobiography will be an subjective source considering that it's based on yourself and your opinions and inferences about your own life.

2. Analyze the following quote by answering a and b below: “Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it.” a) Translate this sentence into other words:Photographs are interpreted to be little facts based on opinions instead of being factual statements. b) Interpret what this sentence means (hint: “…//do not seem to be//…” is key!): The sentence means that people view photographs sometimes without importance without thinking about the historical fact behind the photographs.

3. Read the following text: “Historians often regard photographs as a critical form of documentary evidence that hold up a mirror to past events. Public and scholarly faith in the realism of the photographic image is grounded in a belief that a photograph is a mechanical reproduction of reality. Susan Sontag captured the essence of that faith in her monumental reverie //On Photography// when she wrote “Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it.” And in arranging these pieces to form historical mosaics, teachers and scholars have rarely paused to submit photographs to the usual tests applied to other forms of documentary evidence. For example, we have been trained to factor in the subjectivity of the author when we read autobiographical writing. But when we encounter an historical photograph, “shot for the record,” we often treat the image as the product of a machine and therefore an objective artifact.” a. Summarize the main point(s) of that passage: People regard photographs like they don't have any meaning to it at all. People rarely sit down and look at a photograph and think about the historical meaning in the picture. We treat photographs like they are just something laying around the street instead of thinking of it as something meaningful.

Text continued: “Since they are regarded as inherently truthful, photographs are frequently used to illustrate history textbooks. Publishers, not authors, usually select images to accompany history texts, and the images are used merely as illustrations and not as historical documents in their own right. As a consequence, today’s history students miss out on the opportunity to explore the fascinating visual dimensions of the past, to play detective with a mountain of photographic images that far outnumber traditional written documents. This essay seeks to lay out strategies for subjecting photographs to the same tests we apply to written documents when we use them as historical evidence. Exercising such scrutiny, students can bring to light the narratives hidden within images that are not always examined, despite our traditional belief that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” (from History Matters [] ) b. Summarize the main point(s) of that passage: Author's don't use historical photographs for meanings in their text they basically use them as illustration or something that will catch somebody's attention. This means that us students don't gain enough information of the historical past, since the pictures that are provided are just for looks without any meaning.

4. The above text states “…students can bring to light the narratives hidden within images that are not always examined…”. Brainstorm 4 or more questions a historian should ask (then research) in order to get at the “hidden narrative” within **//any//**photograph:


 * 1) When was the time period?
 * 2) Why was the picture taken?
 * 3) What was the importance of the picture?
 * 4) What made the author take this picture?

5. What is the “hidden narrative” within Jacob Riis’s photograph Bandit’s Roost? For help you can refer back to the website we used last time: [] In the photograph Bandit's Roost there seems to be a lot of contradictions, since most of us portray the picture to be a bunch of criminals since the caption is called "BANDIT'S roost." It may give us an idea of gang members. But if they were gang members they wouldn't pose for a picture, since Jacob traveled with cops also. And there isn't anything to show that they are gang members. The hidden narrative was to prove a point of probably how band NYC was.

6. So, describe the “truth” that documentary photographs depict (//in general-- not just that one photograph!//): Documentary photographs depict significant historical events. Like if we see a historical image from WW2 we would depict destruction, and mass killing. Historical images depict a lot of different perspectives from different people, depending on how many view the photo.

March 23,2011 April 12,2011 http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/68/Dakota_building_New-York_USA.jpg
 * Consider... || Describe ideal || Explain Why ||
 * Gender || woman || because woman had less rights so they would have more of an eye on the world than a man would, since men had more freedom than woman had. ||
 * Background || poor ||  || because somebody who is poor might have more insight than a rich person would ||
 * Skills || observation || because if they were more observant they would know about the world and everything around them than somebody who just ignored the world and lived happy. ||
 * Interests || the world around her || making her interest the world around her helps her realize the world more in depth and makes her eyes open poor and realize a lot more than any other person would. ||
 * Personal qualities/character || quiet,antisocial || with these certain skills she would pretty much be more oblivious to the people around her, and she would basically be like a fly on the wall. ||
 * Other considerations: ||  ||   ||

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The Dakota is an old building it was built from 1880 to 1884. The building is only 10 stories high, it has a german gothic r enaissance look. The dakota stands for distance and beauty. The gable roof used to hold a children's play area but they changed it to add more stories to the building. The building has high ceilings. John Lennon of the beetles was tragically shot right infront of the Dakota building. The building was built basically for rich people and to attract them.

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April 5,2011 Characterization Chart

May 5,2011

Connotation basically means: the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning

Denotation basically means: a word that names or signifies something specific

3) The character seems to be like an overpowering person, and a guy who doesn't listen or obey anybody. Probably somebody down on his luck also. Seems also like a murderer also. 4)
 * word || denotation || connotation ||
 * belligerently ||  || agressive,hostile,not peaceful ||
 * fierce ||  || scary ||
 * defying ||  || resist,not obeying ||