Braille Resource Room at Temple City, CA

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2019.26.17

Description: Black and white print; woman, Marguerite McCaffrey, sits next to girl with girl's hands on a gridded peg board; McCaffrey weats a light white jacket over a belted summer weight dress; the girl has long dark hair, a sleeveless striped dress, and her eyes do not look at the pegboard; beside the pegboard on the table are a Perkins Brailler and an abacus; behind them and to the right, a boy wearing thick glasses and a light short-sleeve shirt wears headphones connected to a phonograph; his arms are crossed and rest on the table; a reel-to-reel tape player with a second set of headphones sits on the same table; label on back, "Equipment of the Braille Resource Room being used by two of the students. Teacher Marguerite McCaffrey. Temple City Unified School District, Temple City, Calif."

Date: ca. 1960

History/Provenance: From the collection of O&M pioneer Berdell "Pete" Wurzburger.

Credit Line: Gift of Mike Meteyer, 2019.26.

Subjects: Orientation and mobility