Children Touching Elephant at Ratmalana School

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.808

Description: BW print, four smiling children gather around a small elephant on a grassy lawn; adult with a stick or prod in his hand stands close behind him, his other hand guiding forward the arm of the boy in front of him; a low building and tripod structure are in background; the print has crop marks in red; captioned "School for the Blind Ratmalana, Ceylon".

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: ca. 1972

History/Provenance: The School for the Blind in Ratmalana, Sri Lankha was a branch of the Ceylon School for the Deaf and Blind founded in 1912.

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Asia Elephants School children Schools for the blind and visually impaired Sri Lanka Touch Zoos