Accession Number: 2009.24.16.619
Description: BW print; Nepalese students sit and stand with flowers in the background; two boys sit on wicker stools, one playing a mandolin and the other a violin; two boys stand behind them playing violins; a woman (Miss Dipon) holding a violin and bow watches and smiles; captioned on back, "Nepalese boys at Kalimpong School for the Blind, India playing mandolin and violins purchased with funds from JMS. Their teacher is Miss Dipon who used her vacation from the school for sighted children where she teaches to help these blind oys learn to play. She is an Indian Christian & says the boys made phenomenal progress. Report from Dr. Mary H. Scott July 10/52".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: 1952
History/Provenance: The Kalimpong School for the Blind, today the Mary Scott School for the Blind, was founded in 1940.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Asia Bands India Music Education Nepal Schools for the blind and visually impaired
