Today's Visual Primary Sources for the History Classroom

Activities for the History Classroom

Clarence D. Batchelor, Come on in, I'll treat you right. I used to know your Daddy, New York Daily News (25th April, 1936) — "Come on in, I'll treat you right. I used to know your Daddy"

Clarence D. Batchelor, New York Daily News (25th April, 1936)

Question: (i) Who is Daddy? (ii) What is Clarence D. Batchelor saying about American foreign policy?

The Daily Mirror (19 November 1910) — The front page of The Daily Mirror that showed the attack on Ada Wright (19 November 1910)

Question: The photograph of Ada Wright taking during Black Friday appeared on the front page of The Daily Mirror. Explain why the government demanded that the negative be destroyed.