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Claire Cock-Starkey @nonfictioness.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

"Deportation Tom Wants to Govern" - headline in The Voice Combined with La Voz Latina newspaper (AZ 1936). The political cartoon is perfect for students today trying to make sense of ICE, deportations, & historical precedents. Read more at www.loc.gov/resource/sn9... #TPSTeachersNetwork

Political cartoon about Arizona Governor Tom Campbell and the Bisbee deportations of laborers on box cars 1917.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

From the TPS Teachers Network. In 1919, 230 African Americans were killed by angry whites in the Delta region of Elaine, AR. Soldiers of 57th Infantry of 3rd Div from Camp Pike, Little Rock, were dispatched to Elaine. Ask students to compare Elaine to Minneapolis today. www.loc.gov/item/2020638...

This 1919 photograph shows soldiers of the 57th Infantry of the 3rd Division from Camp Pike in Little Rock, who were dispatched to Elaine, Arkansas, during the race riot, relaxing at their camp of pup tents.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Which side of this 1916 cartoon shows how you will be celebrating tonight? A Happy New Year 1867—A Happy New Year 1917 www.loc.gov/pictures/ite... (From the Cartoon America exhibit at the Library of Congress - www.loc.gov/exhibits/car...)

Two-panel cartoon. The 1867 panel shows a proper Victorian family -- father, mother, and little girl -- in their parlor, taking tea. The 1917 panel shows a riotous party in a restaurant with champagne corks popping, a man dancing on the table, two men playing leapfrog, and a heavy lady in a strapless dress drinking champagne. Irwin was a popular contributor of cartoons to Life (the humor magazine) before being named art editor of the New Yorker in 1925.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I was merely looking for a Library of Congress image of a generic meeting when I ran across this political cartoon from 1899. The caption in the Notes section ends in "...the only good Democrats are dead ones." Whoa! What's the story behind this image? www.loc.gov/item/2012647... #sschat

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A democratic indignation meeting / after a sketch by our special artist in Elysium ; Keppler.

1 print : chromolithograph. | Print shows the ghost of Thomas Jefferson speaking to a gathering of the ghosts of John Tyler, Lewis Cass, James K. Polk, Stephen A. Douglas, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Jack...

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

If you'd like to know more about PD & learning opportunities from the Library of Congress and the TPS Consortium, take a look at the December 2025 TPS Consortium Update. Free & fabulous for educators! us3.campaign-archive.com?u=906ac9e895... #primarysources

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TPS Consortium Update December 2025

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Here's a political cartoon from 1803 showing a Russian holding up a small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him. Title: A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!! How could a teacher use this? Perhaps as an entry point for discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine? #sschat #libraryofcongress

1803 political cartoon from the Library of Congress of a Russian holding up a small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him. Title: A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I’m so pleased to be presenting at #NCTE25 on teaching ELA with primary sources using the Question Formulation Technique (QFT). What a powerful combo! 4:15 today in Room 503!

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Teaching with Primary Sources @jschaul.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The Library of Congress TPS Consortium amplifies the power of #teaching with #primarysources. Find out some of the ways how in the November 2025 edition of the TPS Consortium Update! mailchi.mp/.../tps-cons...

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The other half of my double life! Roger Hayden Johnson and I will be at the opening Sept. 26, 4-6pm, so if you happen to be in Santa Fe, come say hello! rogerhaydenjohnson.com

"Seawall" - an image of eighteen paintings by Roger Hayden Johnson for his show opening at McLarry Fine Art, 225 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe, 4-6 pm September 26.

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Glenn Wiebe @glennwiebe.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Grab some great #primarysource teaching ideas from the TPS Midwest during this free virtual course. I walked away so much smarter! Did I mention that it's free? teachingprimarysources.illinoisstate.edu/development @librarycongress.bsky.social #sschat #socialstudies

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Today I discovered a feature in The National Jukebox where you can search on a date and find music that was recorded on a birthday, an anniversary, or whatever date interests you (or your students). www.loc.gov/collections/... #MusicEd #sschat

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Jukebox Day by Day | About this Collection | National Jukebox | Digital Collections | Library of Congress

See what was recorded on any given day of the year. Check your birthday, an anniversary, or any other month and day of interest.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It only takes a Primary Source Minute to learn a strategy for teaching with a primary source, courtesy of a Library of Congress TPS Consortium member. Apply the Library’s Observe Reflect Question analysis tool to a political cartoon--School Begins. tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...

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Primary Source Minute - Primary Source Analysis Tool - TPS Consortium Created Materials

Learn how to use the Primary Source Analysis Tool from the Library of Congress to analyze a political cartoon.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Here's a gem of an article from 1963 about the official release of a recording from the "Washington March." Check out the list of Civil Rights activists on the recording - and use it as the start of an inquiry lesson. www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... #sschat #CivilRights #MarchOnWashington #PrimarySource

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Image 6 of St. Paul recorder (St. Paul, Minn.), October 31, 1963

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Have you signed up for the TPS Consortium Update? mailchi.mp/tpsteachersn... It only comes once a month, and it's filled with PD opportunities and news & fun stuff from the Teaching with Primary Sources program at the Library of Congress. Great for teachers & librarians!

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Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium Update

Learn about teaching resources and professional development opportunities in this monthly curated collection of updates from the Library of Congress and the Teaching With Primary Sources (TPS) Consort...

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Have you ever tried teaching with the front page of a historic newspaper? TPS Consortium partner @dlaufenberg.bsky.social explains her "Just One Day" strategy in this Primary Source Minute video. Simple, effective, fun! #sschat www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Twz...

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Primary Source Minute - Just One Day - Historical Newspaper Activity

YouTube video by TPS Western Region at MSU Denver

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

It only takes a "Primary Source Minute" to learn a strategy for teaching with a primary source, courtesy of a Library of Congress TPS Consortium member. “Just One Day” uses the front pages of historical newspapers to contextualize events. tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour...

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Primary Source Minute – Just One Day - TPS Consortium Created Materials

TPS Consortium Members have offered professional development workshops and academic courses focused on using Library primary sources in several subject matter and skill areas, including STEM, civil ri...

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Tired of the using the same old photos to teach about the Great Depression? Try this one from the Library of Congress! I recommend using the QFT strategy from @rightquestioninst.bsky.social to elicit student questions as an introduction to the topic. www.loc.gov/item/2014680...

Tramp climbing on railroad car, another man standing between tracks and looking up to watch, hat on ground. Bain News Service, publisher

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

So many opportunities for PD credits, quick reads, unique primary sources, & simply being a little more in-the-know about the Library of Congress and its Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program! Take a look at our July TPS Consortium Update! mailchi.mp/tpsteachersn...

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TPS Consortium Update July 2025

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

If students want to discuss Alligator Alcatraz, why not add to their understanding through primary sources, starting with his outstanding document set created by Emerging America through a TPS Library of Congress grant. emergingamerica.org/teaching-res... #sschat

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Incarceration | Emerging America

Incarceration in a variety of contexts and settings has been deeply ingrained in American society for centuries. The experience and processes of incarceration takes many forms including criminal deten...

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It only takes a minute to learn a strategy for teaching with a primary source, courtesy of a Library of Congress TPS Consortium member. When is a source a primary source and how do we know anything about Sacajawea? youtu.be/vsuApPhFT3s tpsconsortiumcreatedmaterials.org/primary-sour... #sschat

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Primary Source Minute – Is it a Primary Source or Secondary Source?

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Peggy O'Neill-Jones, Ed.D. @peggyoneilljones.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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Primary Source Minute – Is it a Primary Source or Secondary Source?

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Here's an intriguing primary source photo from the Mississippi River Flood of 1927. Great for zoom-in student observation. "Aerial view of Indian mounds in the Mississippi valley where refugees and cattle flocked until rescued by the American Red Cross." www.loc.gov/item/2002699... #sschat

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1 photographic print. | Aerial view of Indian mounds in the Mississippi valley where refugees and cattle flocked until rescued by the American Red Cross.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Need PD credits this summer? Check out these free & fabulous opportunities & learn how to teach with primary sources from the Library of Congress to boot! @jschaul.bsky.social‬ puts together a newsletter each month just for you. mailchi.mp/tpsteachersn... #sschat #primarysources

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TPS Consortium Update June 2025

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Teaching with Primary Sources @jschaul.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The Library of Congress and its Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium Partners are continually adding new resources. Find out about the latest as well as amazing opportunities and professional development in the June 2025 TPS Consortium Update. mailchi.mp/tpsteachersn... #Teaching #PrimarySources

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I think this is my favorite photo of the Statue of Liberty. www.loc.gov/item/97502750/ Perfect for a primary source zoom-in analysis activity. It arrived in New York Harbor on June 19, 1885 - 140 years ago. Read about it from newspapers of the day: guides.loc.gov/chronicling-... #sschat

Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty, hammering copper, with left hand and head in background, at the Gaget, Gauthier & Co. workshop in Paris, 1881-1883. Petit, Pierre, 1832-1909, photographer

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

On a recent overseas flight, I first watched One Life (Anthony Hopkins), followed by I'm Still Here (Fernanda Torres) about Brazil's 1970s dictatorship. Both were excellent, but I was chilled by their many connections to today. So one day after returning, I participated in the No King protests.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Celebrate knowledge and scholarship or hold a $45,000,000 military parade? www.loc.gov/item/2011632...

Dome of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, photo by Carol M. Highsmith (between 1980 and 2006)

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I'm so excited to announce this "Primary Source Minute" from the people I'm honored to work with in the TPS program at the Library of Congress, the TPS Consortium, and TPS at Metropolitan State University of Denver! Please let us know what you think about our first ever episode. #sschat

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Glenn Wiebe @glennwiebe.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Who doesn't love @inquirygroup.bsky.social resources? And now they have K-5 lessons! Burr Hamilton Duel. Overland Trails. Fugitive Slave Act. And more! Get the goodies at: inquirygroup.org/rlh-k5-ead #sschat #socialstudies #historicalthinking #primarysources @essdack.bsky.social

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I caught myself laughing out loud today when the construction workers outside my Santiago de Compostela apartment were all speaking Spanish. Ah, the value of international travel!

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I've signed up for two weeks of intensive Spanish classes (4 hrs per day) in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, starting next week. I'm curious to hear what my classmates will have to say about U.S. politics. I think I already know.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

AI and Copyright - the report that's the real reason behind the firing of the director of the U.S. Copyright office. Musk. AI. $$$. www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Classic books for children at the Library of Congress are so inappropriate! Just look at what they’ve digitized! read.gov/books/

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Classic Books of the Read.gov website

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Am I allowed to share a gift link here? Excellent piece from The Washington Post on the firing of the Librarian of Congress. Please call your representative! I did, and even if one call won't overcome his cowardice, maybe 10,000 calls will. wapo.st/4k84YqK

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Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Hayden, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016, was the first woman and the first African American to hold the position.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It’s the Library of CONGRESS, not of Trump or the executive branch of government. It is America’s library. Our library. Call and keep calling until this wrong has been righted. Be loud!

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Our School, Our Fight is a documentary film about non-violent protests by students to keep their Fulton County, GA, school open during the Civil Rights era. Excellent teaching tool for #sschat far beyond GA (plus it's filled with primary sources and oral history). www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDq3...

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Our School, Our Fight: Saving Eva Thomas High

YouTube video by Teaching Museum

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

French classes do Earth Day? Here's a beautiful graphic novel about John Muir in French! View the illustrations & read the French - now also available in English as John Muir: To the Heart of Solitude. More John Muir primary sources on tpsteachersnetwork.org. editions-sarbacane.com/bd/au-coeur-...

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

"No slaves or priests." This newspaper clipping comes from an African American newspaper published in Colorado Springs in 1900, but it's actually about Guam. If you teach about U.S. Territories, are you curious, too? #sschat www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...

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Image 1 of The Western enterprise (Colorado Springs, Colo.), January 6, 1900

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Here's a fun primary source to share with your music teacher colleagues. Speaking of that, we have a brand new group in the TPS Teachers Network called Teaching with Music, and this image is the beginning of a primary source analysis. Join at tpsteachersnetwork.org! #sschat #instrumentalmusic

Les Instruments de Musique or Musical Instruments is a print showing instruments from the 19th century, an orchestra, dances, and how the lungs and larynx produce sound. In French.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Help students understand tariffs & filibusters through Library of Congress primary sources! Head to the TPS Teachers Network at tpsteachersnetwork.org to find teaching ideas from real educators. Join, then lurk or participate (your choice), in this unique, friendly, protected space! #sschat

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Do you know an undergraduate/graduate student or a recent graduate with an interest in teaching with primary sources? Please tell them about the incredible TPS internship opportunities at the Library of Congress! It's a career maker! Apps due May 2. #sschat #tlchat www.loc.gov/item/interns...

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Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Internship Program

Program Overview:The Library’s Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program is administered by the Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office. Through this program, the Library offers teach...

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Lee Ann Potter, Director of the Professional Learning & Outreach Initiatives Office at Library of Congress, is inspiring TPS Consortium members in St. Louis. With #primarysources from St. Louis, of course!

Lee Ann Potter, Director of Professional Learning & Outreach Initiatives Office at Library of Congress, speaks to TPS Consortium meeting in St. Louis.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

How long does AI find a government website’s “disappeared” content such as two of the four U.S. marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima? My father is no longer alive as a witness. #sschat #historyed

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Excited to head to #NCHE in St. Louis tomorrow! I’d prefer not to have these gale force winds and heavy snow tonight, however.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

When veterans are erased from government website content because of their race or gender, we will need books, libraries, and brave writers more than ever. #sschat #libraries

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My primary source find at Library of Congress today is a research guide to French Children's books. La Bibliothèque des Enfants was a set of miniature books for children learning French in 1800 (scroll to bottom). guides.loc.gov/french-liter... #primarysources #childrenslit #frenchteachers #ELA

Wooden case for la Bibliothèque des Enfants miniature children's books written in French for English speaking students in London in the early 1800s.

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johnsonmaryj @johnsonmaryj.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

My pick of primary sources this week. McQuillen, you say? Enjoy reading the notes! Where is Spitzbergen? What does this man have to do with flutes? Plus, did you know the Library of Congress has a huge collection of actual flutes? #primarysources #sschat #musicchat

McQuillen, retired banker and flutist and world traveler, stands in center of photograph near Spitzbergen in Norway in 1927 with an image of a rock-strewn landscape near a shore with glaciers of snow visible in distant rocky landscape behind him.

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