Accession Number: 2009.24.16.163
Description: Back-and-white glossy; Dr. Milton Stauffer and Mr. Lee handle a garment (skirt?) with flowers on the hem which had been made for Helen Keller. Mrs. Stauffer sits at a desk nearby and holds the matching shirt. All are dressed in business suits. On the wall behind them, from left to right, is a decorative photo of Helen Keller, a map of an undivided Korea, a picture obscured by Mr. Lee, and a map featuring East Asia and Australia. Reverse: on photo reverse, typewritten information crossed out; typewritten on attached thin piece of paper, "For Immediate Release XXIV Corps PIC A[P]O 235 9 Nov 48. Seoul, Korea (Delayed)--Examining a Korean costume made by a deaf Korean child for Helen Keller are (l. to r.): Dr. Milton T. Stauffer, General Secretary of the John Milton Society for the Blind, New York; Mr. Lee, Yun B., President of the Korean National Association for the Deaf; and Mrs. Stauffer. Originally with Helen Keller's group, Dr. and Mrs. Stauffer [crossed out] continued on to Korea and other Far Eastern countries to represent Miss Keller after she had been forced to return to the United States from Japan when her companion, Miss Polly Thomson, was stricken ill. -30- U.S. Army Photo. Includes slip of paper, handwritten, "HK on wall in background."
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 8.125" (h) x 10" (w)
Date: 1948
Photographer: Klink
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: Clothing & dress Events Korea (South) Tours
