Accession Number: 2004.134.47.14
Description: Black-and-white glossy; a student reading a large type book in a Louisville public school classroom. He is sitting on a wooden chair at a wooden desk on which a large type book is propped up on a wooden bookstand. Book is open to a page of rhyming riddles, and boy's right hand rests at the bottom of the page. He is wearing eyeglasses, shirt and shorts; there is chalk writing on a chalkboard behind him. Museum has another copy print (c.1) of the same photo that measures 4(h) X 6(w) inches.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 3.5 (h) x 5 (w) in.
Date: ca. 1935
History/Provenance: The photo may have been taken at Gavin H. Cochran Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky where sight-saving class was offered for low vision students.
Credit Line: (see provenance)
Subjects: Blackboards Large type books Low vision Photographs Public schools
