Primary or Secondary Sources?

Photographs

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Photograph of regulation mail wagon
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Photograph of the Deadwood coach
 

These two photographs are primary sources for moving mail in the 1800s. Photographs are excellent primary sources used by historians to draw conclusions and support their evidence about past events. You can do the same! All you need to do is spend time observing, evaluating, and interpreting what you read and see.