Helen Keller with Shucri Magali

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1036

Description: BW print; Helen Keller, right, in a medium tone dress with scoop collar, bead necklace, and dark flat hat, leans over, laughing, to touch hand of Shucri Magali, a man holding a seven line braille slate and wearing a fez, a dark suit, dark glasses, and a narrow tie; with 4x5 copy negative.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: 23-Apr-52

History/Provenance: Taken during Helen Keller's visit to the Institute for Christian Blind Girls, Boulac, Cairo. Magali was the school's director.

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Egypt Schools for the blind and visually impaired