Helen Keller Speaks at Tokyo Bowl

Print, Photographic

Accession Number:
2009.24.16.1194
Description:
BW print; Helen Keller and Polly Thomson, wearing bright print dresses, decorative hats, and gloves, are escorted arm in arm down a stone stairway by two uniformed military policemen wearing white helmets; captioned "MP's escort Miss Helen Keller and her companion Polly Thomson to the platform at the Tokyo Bowl, Tokyo"; stamped "Official Signal Corps Photo".
Medium:
Photographic Paper
Date:
6-Sep-48
Photographer:
Orzio
History/Provenance:
Keller spoke to large crowds at several venues in Tokyo on September 6, 1948.
Credit Line:
AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects:
Japan Military police