Children who are blind making tennis shoes, Taegu, Korea

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.187

Description: Photo: children sit on a wood pallet and punch holes in pieces of what will become tennis shoes. A man supervises them and observes their work, and another man takes notes at a desk nearby. At the left edge, a workbench is visible. Korean characters and the date "1950.4.29'"are across the upper middle of the picture. Description: "#2 Blind children punching holes in tennis shoes at the Myung Ah School for the Blind and Deaf in Taegu, Korea."

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 4.375" (h) x 6" (w)

Date: 1950

Photographer: Not identified

History/Provenance: Received with John Milton Society for the Blind (JMS) records from the American Foundation for the Blind.

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Blind children Children Korea (South) Schools for the blind and visually impaired Shoemaking Vocational education