PRIMARY SOURCES
Primary source is a term used in a number of disciplines to describe source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied.
From Wikipedia
Primary Sources: materials directly related to the past by time or participation—things created in the past by people living at the time. Primary sources include photographs, prints, paintings, documents, advertisements, music and film, letters, newspaper articles, and objects.
From Teaching History
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Image credits:
El Alamein [lone soldier on guard in silhouette]
Sarah Solis Carvalho by Solomon Nunes Carvalho
Letter written to George Jackman from E. A. Pimm, Millmerran, 1945
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 16, 1934
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