Choir Singing from Braille Hymnals

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1086

Description: BW print; two women and two men stand in choir loft side-by-side, their hands on braille books spread open on the railing in front of them; their mouths open in song; stamped on reverse "Ted Polumbaum, Newtonville, Mass"; captioned "Blind singers use Hymns For Worship, in braille."

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: ca. 1957

Photographer: Ted Polumbaum

History/Provenance: Used in a 1956-57 John Milton Society fundraising brochure "Let Light Shine Through". The brochure highlighted JMS funding for "Hymns for Worship," the words and melody of 100 commonly used hymns in one braille volume.

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24