Helen Keller Speaks to Tokyo, Japan

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1199

Description: BW print; left to right, Nelson Neff, Helen Keller, Polly Thompson; Keller wears a white dress with a V neckline, pearls, and a triangular black hat with a light lining and a large white bow; Thomson wears a white dress with spotted dark belt, white gloves, a braided gold choker, and a dark hat with striped trim; Thompson is fingerspellling into Keller's hand, who looks upward and smiles broadly; captioned "Miss Helen Keller speaks to thousands of Japanese School Girls and Boys at the Emperor's Palace Plaza, Tokyo"; stamped "Official Signal Corps Photo".

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: 6-Sep-48

Photographer: Orzio

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Japan