Assad Benam and Others in Iran

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.335-.338

Description: .335: BW print, Assad Benam sitting at small table, reading braille he has written on a desk slate; he wears a suit and a collarless shirt; double doors in background; written on reverse, "Assad Benam in Tabriz, Iran reading back some of his braille writing just completed on the braille writing slate supplied to him by JMS 2/49"; 3.25 x 5"; .336 BW print, Assad Benam sitting at small table, writing braille on a desk slate; he wears a suit and a collarless shirt; double doors in background; written on reverse, "Assad Benam in Tabriz, Iran using the braille writing slate received from the JMS 2/49"; 3.25 x 5"; .337: BW print, five adults stand in a line outdoors in front of a building on a sunny day; woman on far left holds infant; men wear suits; man on far left holds a long cane; written on back, "Blind group in Tehran, Iran, sent by Hugo Muller 2/8/51"; identified left to right, Gohan, Yoseph, Assadullah, Assad Benam, Ahmad; 2.5 x 3.625"; .338: BW print, group of ten people stand in two lines smiling for the camera in front of a low wall backed by a leafless hedge; a brick building is in the background; a man in uniform holds a cane on the far left; nine adult men and one boy; typed on the back, "1. Assad Benam, Blind, 2. Naghi, Blind, 3. Ahmad, Blind, 4. Ali, Blind, 5. Assadullah, Blind, 6. Mohsun, Blind, 7. Hassan, Blind, 8. Javad, Double Amputee, 9. Agha Najad, Gov't School Teacher, 10. Above Ali's son, Guide to the Blind"; 3.375 x 5.375".

Date: ca. 1950

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24