- The first photo sent "across the wire" was on January 1st 1935.
- The photo that was first sent across telephone wires was a dramatic plane crash.
- 25 cities received the first photo.
- The Hindenburg was a plane.
- The Glenn Miller Orchestra performed In The Mood.
- The magazine that used the concept of Picture Magic was called Life.
- The United States government agency that documented poverty in the 1930's was Farm Security Agency. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_Security_Administration
- The African-American photographer that worked for this agency was Gordon Parks.
- The painting that inspired his best known photograph was an American gothic.http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/6565
- The famous landscape photographer shown in the video was Ansel Adams.
- The Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7th 1941. http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm
- A pin up girl was a girl wearing a bathing suit, her hair up and heels.
- It was 9 years in between D-Day and the first photo sent "across the wire."
- Robert Capa took the famous photos on Normandy Beach during D-Day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa
- Rosenthanl's picture with the American Flag was when they raised the flag.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
First Post, First Quiz, Second Semester
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