Helen Keller in Beirut with School Officials and Students

Print, Photographic

Accession Number:
2009.24.16.1009
Description:
BW print: Helen Keller, wearing a dark dress with a round gold brooch, pearls, and a flat dark hat with netting and a chevron ribbon, smiles broadly while a young girl places her knuckles on Keller's face, the girl's hand being guided by someone out of sight on the left; Karl Meyer leans in at left but his back is to the camera; other girls are lined up behind the central figures, waiting their turn; a man in round glasses smiles behind Keller; captioned "Beirut".
Medium:
Photographic Paper
Date:
May-52
History/Provenance:
Part of a collection of prints and reprints supplied by the John Milton Society to CBS News for use in their ca. 1980 series "For Our Times."
Credit Line:
AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24