HIST 100: Engineering The Past

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In regards to the way people choose to frame and or depict the two different bridges: in the images of the Golden Gate bridge, all of the photographs seem to emphasize the length of the bridge, all of the photos are horizontal. In contrast to the Brooklyn Bridge where there are more photos that are close up, capturing all of the many wires and bars creating the bridge. The photos of the Golden Gate Bridge seem to keep the ocean as a key part of the photo with the cityscape as a dim background. It seems like there is somewhat of a theme in regards to using the city as a key part of the background, but also again the biggest theme seems to be focusing in on parts of the bridge and its lines. There seems to be a lot of photos that rely on the sunset in the background of the Golden Gate Bridge. Where as the Brooklyn Bridge seems to have a lot of dark colors, black and white, cloudy skies, which I think is because the bridges design is dark strong and bold, working well with darker colors and backgrounds.

With 50 plus years time difference, there should be obvious differences in designs that reflect society at the time. The Brooklyn bridge is thick and bold in terms of the towers, almost royal looking, which I think would have been influences by the second industrial boom that occurred around that time. The Golden Gate bridge has skinny tall towers, I think it gives to the art deco period that peaked in the 20s. It is very sleek and modern compared to the Brooklyn Bridge. Which seems like it would fit well with the roaring twenties and the modern social changes that occurred.

I would think that both bridges were a huge part of both cities history and to change either of them would take from the history of both bridges. Both bridges are tourist destinations because of the history, design, strength, and engineering, to me it would never make sense to change the design of either of the bridges. I think that both cities value the popularity that both bridges brought in terms of tourists coming to see the bridges then and maybe even more so now. I know I would be proud if I was from either city, knowing that both bridges contributed so largely to history, art and engineering.

Lindsay Haskins Introductions

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I was born and raised in Boise Idaho. Though most of my childhood was spent in Cascade Idaho. I think that I was raised in a small town friendly environment with people that would give a stranger the shirt off of their back. The family and the people they chose to have around me influence me as a person for the better. I was aloud to see the people I never wanted to become and those I aspired to be like.

I always really loved reading fictional mystery books. Or those books that depicted crazy hardships of teenagers, such as drug abuse. I read plenty of non fictional books school. As I got older I enjoyed reading autobiographies or biographies of people that had really hard or different lives then I did. Stories from other countries, the wars on human trafficking, drug king pins in the US.

I think friends and family is where I would get most of that information. Some times I will read news articles and websites that I know might be biased, like MSN news. As much as I should I don’t keep up with everything going on. If there is something I hear that I want to know more about or find out the unbiased facts, I will go looking for answers. I don’t take time every day to go over what is happening.

I spend all of my off time with family, riding dirt bikes, hunting, camping. I know that there are injustices happening all around the world everyday, but my priority is my family here and now, any free time I have is spent with family, I choose to focus on them rather than the other things happening around me. Obviously I know there is an importance in being aware, but I only have one life and have no idea how long it will be.

I don’t think I have a religious or spiritual journey. I do have the view that as long as what you are doing doesn’t harm me or another living creature it doesn’t hold any weight in my life.

Both my parents came from the same culture.

When I was little I can remember have night terrors about flying to see family after 9/11, I was an extreme worrywart. No doubt do live in a bubble in Idaho unaffected by the injustices happening around me, and I think there is a lot of bad in our world, but in mine, here in my bubble its good.

Growing up I was not aware of the animal abuse and injustices that occurred. I wasn’t aware of the amount of dogs euthanized because of overpopulation or how society chooses to ignore it because they don’t having voices to scream for help. Anywhere that I can give dogs a voice I will. If that means telling the people that are looking at the puppies in the Cabela’s parking lot about the genetic deformities that land these dogs that were bred by back yard breeders in our human societies I will. If it means calling some one out for abusing animals in public I will.
My parents were essential to shaping the person I am now. Giving me a chance to have a voice even on something we might disagree on. I was never silenced as a child for speaking on a topic I believed in or against. My parents allowed me and my sisters to experience things that some parents might have otherwise sheltered their children from. That alone helped shape who I am and what I stand for.