- Accession Number:
- 2009.24.16.734-736
- Description:
- BW prints; stamped on back, "Rev. Ralph G. Korteling, Punganur, Chittoor Dist."; .734: Dr. & Mrs. Milton Stauffer, surrounded by large group of Indian children and adults, standing in front of large stone columns carved in shape of the cross, in front of stone building with gothic arched windows; the Stauffers have flowers around their necks; captioned "Dr. & Mrs. Stauffer's visit to Punganur, Chittoor Dist."; .735: Two Indian women wrapped in cloth crouch in front of a low wooden building with a small entrance; captioned "A Toda hut, So. India"; .736: An Indian man with long hair and a thick beard crouches in front of a wooden building with a low entrance, wrapped in a striped garment; two Indian women sit beside him, as well as a cat; captioned "Todas of the Nilgiri Hills of So. India".
- Medium:
- Photographic Paper
- Date:
- ca. 1955
- History/Provenance:
- The Toda people are an ethnic group who live in the Nilgiri Mountains of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Their traditional architecture is marked by a low entrance that must be crawled into.
- Credit Line:
- AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
- Subjects:
- Asia Blind persons Houses India Schools for the blind and visually impaired
