Urbis is a museum in Manchester, England, devoted to exploring current
and future cities, from a host of vantage points. They have an
interesting website, with lots of great photographs. Their photos of
the week are spectacular.
Link: Urbis.
Category Archives: Images
Great Migration & Cleveland
To the right is an image
commissioned by the Future Outlook League by Charles in 1952. The image
was found on the wall of a barbershop in Cleveland. It now resides in
the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Read this image in the
context of the Great Migration. What do you see? What symbols are
prominent? How does it tell the story of the Great Migration? CLICK HERE TO LINK TO A LARGER VERSION.
Be prepared to discuss in class on Monday, March 20, 2006.
Click the image at right for a larger copy, in FLICKR; the photo at right is by Charles for the Future Outlook League, from the collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society.