Helen Keller with children

Negative, Sheet Film

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.10

Description: Negative of a photo showing Helen Keller and Polly Thomson, who are wearing hats, standing next to one another among a group of young blind girls who have large bows in their hair and are wearing jumper-style dresses. Thomson guides Keller's hand to the top of one girl's head. Other adults (teachers?) are in the photo. A gate and stone(?) fence are visible in background. Negative is marked with one V notch and two square notches.

Medium: Safety film (Kodak)

Date: 1950s?

History/Provenance: Received with John Milton Society for the Blind (JMS) records from the American Foundation for the Blind.

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Blind children Photographs