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