A prospective home teacher giving instruction to a deaf-blind pupil

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.47.24

Description: Black-and-white glossy; a woman teacher giving instruction on how to use a braillewriter to a deaf-blind male student; woman is wearing a dress and stand next to student who is wearing eyeglasses, bow-tie, and a suit and is sitting at a table. On the table is a braillewriter and, at left, an open braille book and a closed braille book; a carpet is on the floor and in the background is a bookcase filled with books. On the back, stamped in black ink "H. Parker Rolfe, 100 W. Montgomery Ave. Ardmore, PA.," "Penna. Institution for the Instruction of the Blind Overbrook, Philadelphia.," and "A Prospective Home Teacher giving instruction to a deaf-blind pupil."

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 10" (h) x 8" (w)

Date: ca. 1930

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Bookcases Books Braillewriters Photographs Students Teachers