First Trainee at the Hines Center

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2007.33.1.248

Description: Naron Ferguson, left, a blinded G.I. who became the first trainee at the Hines Blind Rehabilitation Center, with Russ Williams, the center's chief, seated behind his desk; Ferguson sits in a stuffed chair in civilian clothes, with a bright aluminum long cane in his lap, large crook, pencil tip; placed on shelves in background are photostats of cartoons from the "Guide to Those Giving Rehabilitation Services to the Blind"; a SoundScriber machine rests on Williams' desk, beside a telephone.

Print Size: 8 x 10"

Date: 1948

Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Subjects: Orientation and mobility Rehabilitation World War II