Accession Number: 2009.24.16.298
Description: Four black-and-white glossy photographs: .298a: A teenaged boy student digs through the dirt with a hoe in an underground area. He is wearing a hat, scarf, and shorts, but no shirt or shoes. He has two large dirt marks on his back, as well as several on his shorts. .298b: Two older boys are visible through an opening in an underground area. They are digging dirt with hoes and they are barefoot. .298c: A group of boys of various ages stands outside an entryway to a bunker being built under a hill. Several of the boys are gathered around two carts, one of which is in the entrance to the bunker, the other of which is to the left and outside of the entrance. Younger boys carry other items. .298d: Two older boys are working in the dirt of an underground area. The one to the left is using a shovel, and the other is crouched working near a wall. A candle is lit on a fixture on the wall. Reverse of each photo is blank.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 3" (h) x 4.25" (w) - 3.125" x 4.25"
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: Air raid shelters Blind Blind children Boys Child laborers Children Children & safety Digging Japan Schools for the blind and visually impaired Shelters Teenagers War World War II
