Accession Number: 2009.24.16.239
Description: Three black-and-white glossy photographs; two attached to the recto of a hole-punched page, and another on the verso. Recto: (at top) Six Japanese men, two Japanese women, and one male U.S. Army soldier in uniform sit around a nicely-set table in a room with designs on the floor and walls and a bookcase in the background. (at bottom) the soldier receives a certificate from a Japanese man. They are inside a furnished room, and a display with flags of Japan, the United Nations, and the United States is visible on a mantle in the background. Caption: "Eye Bank Committee. Tokyo Masonic Center. Feb. 1956." Recto: Children from the school walk along a path with school staff and U.S. Army soldiers in uniform. They are carrying items, and many look happy. Caption: "Group Shopping. "C" Company, Troop Command servicemen helps to take the children back school from department store in Yohama. June, 1958." Part of a photo album, pages 81 and 82 of 86.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 4.75" (h) x 5.5" (w) - 4.75" x 6.25
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: Armies Blind Blind children Boys Ceremonial rooms Certificates Children Children & adults Children shopping Children walking Committees Department stores Dining tables Girls Japan Masonic buildings Military personnel Schools for the blind and visually impaired Shopping Soldiers
