Crystal VandenAvond
Intro to Mass Communication
Location Activity: Visit the Railroad Museum
"1. Describe what you saw and take a picture to support what you saw (include yourself or your group in the photograph).
2. Reflect on at least two things that struck you as odd/unusual/interesting related to mass communication.
3. Describe how the activity related to the history of that field and to at least one more medium."
Okay, for starters, our entire group went to the Railroad Museum on Broadway in Ashwaubenon. I think that this was the best location activity we have done. (Well, maybe it's tied with the Lambeau tour, but it sure beats the Neville!)
Anyways, we saw a lot of neat things here. First off, there was a train that we were allowed to go into that they used to use in the olden days. (Right). The train was so so so small inside. I hard a had time fitting through the walkways with my purse, I couldn't imagine what it was like in the olden days.
The bathrooms inside on the train were extremely small. I literally could just put my body in there and sit, that's it!
Trains have changed so much from how they used to be, and they aren't as common of a way of transportation.
For example, the photo right below is a picture of what they used to hall freight on. These little cars were attached to the train, and freight was haled. That is so interesting!! It is not like that anymore. The freight cars now are closed in, and are not made out of wood. It just really astounds me how much things change!
This whole experience really related a lot to history. Seeing how much things have changed over the years and decades.
Including advertising. If you take a peak of this picture at left, you can see me and all of these "billboards" from the olden days. These signs used to be advertising for companies and businesses. If you take a look at a sign now it has grown so much from how it used to be!
For one, they aren't as old fashioned looking, and they have evolved so much! The sense of advertising and transportation is so much different nowadays!
To get the experience that I got at the Railroad Museum, check out their page at http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org
3. Describe how the activity related to the history of that field and to at least one more medium."
Okay, for starters, our entire group went to the Railroad Museum on Broadway in Ashwaubenon. I think that this was the best location activity we have done. (Well, maybe it's tied with the Lambeau tour, but it sure beats the Neville!)
Anyways, we saw a lot of neat things here. First off, there was a train that we were allowed to go into that they used to use in the olden days. (Right). The train was so so so small inside. I hard a had time fitting through the walkways with my purse, I couldn't imagine what it was like in the olden days.
The bathrooms inside on the train were extremely small. I literally could just put my body in there and sit, that's it!
Trains have changed so much from how they used to be, and they aren't as common of a way of transportation.
For example, the photo right below is a picture of what they used to hall freight on. These little cars were attached to the train, and freight was haled. That is so interesting!! It is not like that anymore. The freight cars now are closed in, and are not made out of wood. It just really astounds me how much things change!
This whole experience really related a lot to history. Seeing how much things have changed over the years and decades.Including advertising. If you take a peak of this picture at left, you can see me and all of these "billboards" from the olden days. These signs used to be advertising for companies and businesses. If you take a look at a sign now it has grown so much from how it used to be!
For one, they aren't as old fashioned looking, and they have evolved so much! The sense of advertising and transportation is so much different nowadays!
To get the experience that I got at the Railroad Museum, check out their page at http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org
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